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1.04 State of Califomia+lealth and Welfare Agency Department of Health Services Page 7 of 9 pages RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL LICENSE License Numb-: 1276-39 Supplementary Sheet Amendment Number:688 36. Special Requirements for Remote Afterloading Device Calibration and Spot Checks. (a) At intervals not to exceed daily or prior to use(if used less fi-equently),the following tests shall be performed: (1) Source position indicator(s). (2) Source positioning reproducibility, to within± 1 mm (3) Inspection of guide tubes for kinks and other imperfections. (b) At intervals not to exceed monthly or prior to use (if used less frequently), the following tests shall be perforated: (1) Accuracy of the timing device. (2) Source travel time error. (c) At installation and intervals not to exceed three months, (one month for Ir-192) thereafter, the licensee shall determine the dose accuracy to within±5 percent. 37. No remote afterloading device equipment operation authorized by this license shall be initiated unless the licensee has in his possession detailed written instructions specific for the make and model of the remote afterloading device equipment and for the type of operation involved. 38. The licensee shall not transfer any radioactive source or device containing a radioactive source, except in accordance with the transferee's radioactive material license as to kind and amount of radioactive material, manufacturer and model number of the radioactive source,and manufacturer and model number of the remote afterloading device. 39. Each remote afterloading device shall be inspected and serviced in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations. 40. Installation, relocation, maintenance, and repair of devices containing radioactive material, and leak testing, replacement and disposal of sealed sources containing radioactive material used in devices shall be perforated only by persons specifically authorized to do so. 41. Upon initial source loading and/or subsequent to each source exchange, radiation surveys shall be performed prior to initial human use as follows: (a) A radiation survey shall be made of: (1) The unit source housing, with the source(s) in the shielded position. The maximum radiation levels at 20 centimeters from the surface of the source housing not exceed 3 milliroentgens per hour.