This standard establishes specific calibration and calibration-related requirements for portable radiation protection instruments used for detection and measurement of levels of ionizing radiation fields or levels of radioactive surface contamination. For purposes of this standard, portable radiation protection instruments are those battery-powered instruments that are carried to a specific facility or location for use. Count rate meters and scalers, when used with an appropriate detection probe for quantifying activity, can be considered portable radiation protection instruments and should be treated as a single unit for the purposes of this standard.