Authority: IC 16-41-35-26; IC 16-41-35-29

Affected: IC 16-41-35

Sec. 20.5. (a) Any licensee or registrant may dispose of the following radioactive material without regard to its radioactivity:

1. (1) 0.05 microcurie or less of hydrogen-3 or carbon-14 per gram of medium used for liquid scintillation counting, and
2. (2) 0.05 microcurie or less of hydrogen-3 or carbon-14 per gram of animal tissue averaged over the weight of the entire animal; provided, however, tissue may not be disposed of under 410 IAC 5-4-20.5 in a manner that would permit its use either as food for humans or as animal feed.

(b) Nothing in 410 IAC 5-4-20.5(a), however, relieves the licensee or registrant of maintaining records showing the receipt, transfer and disposal of such radioactive material as specified in 410 IAC 5-1-4.

(c) Nothing in 410 IAC 5-4-20.5(a) relieves the licensee or registrant from complying with other applicable federal, state, and local rules and regulations governing any other toxic or hazardous property of these materials.

(Indiana Department of Health; 410 IAC 5-4-20.5; filed Feb 29, 1984, 10:10 am: 7 IR 907; readopted filed Jul 11, 2001, 2:23 p.m.: 24 IR 4234; readopted filed May 22, 2007, 1:44 p.m.: 20070613-IR-410070141RFA; readopted filed Sep 11, 2013, 3:19 p.m.: 20131009-IR-410130346RFA; readopted filed Nov 13, 2019, 3:14 p.m.: 20191211-IR-410190391RFA; readopted filed Nov 14, 2025, 11:18 a.m.: 20251210-IR-410240588RFA)