Texas Radiation Advisory Board The States Advisor on All Radiation Issues

Membership l Advisory Board Members are Appointed by the Governor l Appointed for 6 year terms

18 Members l Industry l Labor l Agriculture l Insurance industry l Nuclear physics in medicine l Hospital administrator l Nuclear medicine (M.D.) l Pathology (M.D.) l Radiology (M.D.) l Nuclear utility industry l Radioactive waste industry l Petroleum industry l Certified Health Physicist l Dentist l Uranium mining industry l Three public representatives

Role & Functions Review and evaluate state radiation policies and programs Make recommendations and furnish technical advice to state agencies Review proposed rules and guides of any state agency

Principal TRAB Issues: 2001 to Present l Advisory on Whole Body CT Self-Referrals l TCEQ LLW Facility License Review l Security of Radioactive Materials l Uranium Mining Byproduct Material l Compensation, Recruitment and Retention of Health Physicists l Oil Field NORM l Drinking Water NORM l Rules proposed by agencies

Duties of Agencies l A state agency shall: Consider the recommendations and advice of the advisory board; Provide the advisory board a written response to the recommendations or advice

Officers and Meetings l Advisory board elects from its members a chair, vice-chair and secretary l Board meets quarterly l Board may hold special meetings called by the advisory board chairman or by five advisory board members

TRAB Meetings l Open Meetings - Meetings held in public with notice posted in Texas Register; held in Austin at the Moreton Building, 1100 W. 49th St. l Meetings provide time for public to comment

Contact Information Michael S. Ford, C.H.P., Chairman Texas Radiation Advisory Board 1100 W. 49th St. Austin, TX Margaret Henderson Department of State Health Services 512/ X 2064