Radiation safety
Refer to University policy HR 29.1: Ionising radiation and HR 30: Non-ionising radiation safety
Please note: If your research or other activity involves humans, animals, biosafety, gene technology or chemical hazards you must also obtain ethics approval from the relevant committee
Permits and permissions
If you are using radiation (ionising or non-ionising) for research or technical purposes, you:
- must obtain written approval from the University Radiation Safety Officer/Radiation Safety Committee
- will require an Environmental Protection Authority Radiation Protection licence
- must ensure that your radiation laboratory is registered with the Environment Protection Authority's Radiation Protection Division of the South Australian Department of Human Services.
Contact
If you intend to use radiation and/or radioactive material in your research or teaching, please contact:
Ian Furness
Senior Internal Auditor: OHSW&IM
160 Currie St
City West
Tel: +61 8 8302 7286
Fax: +61 8 8302 9600
Email:
ian.furness@unisa.edu.au
Insurance cover for your project
Approval of your ethics protocol by University Radiation Safety Officer/Radiation Safety Committee normally means that you are covered by the University's insurance policies in relation to your research project.
However, you must complete the appropriate insurance form and submit it to the University's Insurance Officer if your research falls within one or more of the descriptions below:
- involves a 'professional service' for which UniSA staff or students have obtained qualifications
- poses a physical risk to researchers, students or participants (where injury appears possible or likely)
- involves treatment or testing on human/animal participants
- involves questionnaires/surveys/information gathering in relation to a psychological condition/trauma/illness or history of such, or collection of personal data
- is to be conducted in a hospital/clinic/consultancy/professional treatment area
- involves participation or sponsorship by a third party such as a hospital/clinic/consultancy/professional service provider/other researcher/University
- involves research in remote areas or outside of Australia
- involves Indigenous participants or Indigenous research.
The University's Insurance Officer will provide confirmation of insurance cover for your research project. To finalise ethics approval, you will then need to submit this confirmation to University Radiation Safety Officer/Radiation Safety Committee.
See also
Policies
and procedures website (Occupational Health,
Safety and Welfare)
Australian
Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research (PDF 508kb, download
Adobe Acrobat)
Statement of authorship - RTF (pc)
and Word (Mac). See
Frequently asked questions