---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 34.46"
title: "10"
number: "34.46"
heading: "Supervision of radiographers' assistants."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/34.46"
---

# §34.46. Supervision of radiographers' assistants.


Whenever a radiographer's assistant uses radiographic exposure devices, associated equipment or sealed sources or conducts radiation surveys required by [§ 34.49(b)](/cfr/10/34.49.md?p=b) to determine that the sealed source has returned to the shielded position after an exposure, the assistant shall be under the personal supervision of a radiographer. The personal supervision must include:

- (a) The radiographer's physical presence at the site where the sealed sources are being used;
- (b) The availability of the radiographer to give immediate assistance if required; and
- (c) The radiographer's direct observation of the assistant's performance of the operations referred to in this section.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Atomic Energy Act of 1954, secs. 81, 161, 181, 182, 183, 223, 234, 274 (42 U.S.C. 2111, 2201, 2231, 2232, 2233, 2273, 2282, 2021); Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, secs. 201, 206 (42 U.S.C. 5841, 5846); 44 U.S.C. 3504 note.

### Source

Source: 62 FR 28963, May 28, 1997, unless otherwise noted.