Code of Colorado Regulations
1000 - Department of Public Health and Environment
1007 - Hazardous Materials and Waste Management Division
6 CCR 1007-1 - RULES AND REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE PESTICIDE APPLICATORS' ACT
Part 04 - RADIATION CONTROL - STANDARDS FOR PROTECTION AGAINST RADIATION
RADIATION DOSE LIMITS FOR INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
Section 6 CCR 1007-1-4.14 - Dose Limits for Individual Members of the Public

Universal Citation: 1000 CO Code Regs 6 CCR 1007-1-4.14

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 6, March 25, 2025

4.14.1 Each licensee or registrant shall conduct operations so that:

4.14.1.1 The total effective dose equivalent to individual members of the public from the licensed or registered operation does not exceed 1 millisievert (0.1 rem) in a year, exclusive of the dose contributions from background radiation, from any medical administration the individual has received, from exposure to individuals administered radioactive material and released in accordance with 7.26, from voluntary participation in medical research programs, and from the dose contribution from the licensee's or registrant's disposal of radioactive material into sanitary sewerage in accordance with 4.35, and

4.14.1.2 The dose in any unrestricted area from external sources, exclusive of the dose contributions from patients administered radioactive material and released in accordance with 7.26, does not exceed 0.02 millisievert (0.002 rem) in any one hour.

4.14.2 A licensee may permit visitors to an individual who cannot be released under 7.26 to receive a radiation dose greater than 1 mSv (0.1 rem) if:

4.14.2.1 The radiation dose received does not exceed 5 mSv (0.5 rem); and

4.14.2.2 The authorized user, as defined in Part 7, has determined before the visit that it is appropriate.

4.14.3 A licensee, registrant, or an applicant for a license or registration may apply for prior Department authorization to operate up to an annual dose limit for an individual member of the public of 5 mSv (0.5 rem). This application shall include the following information:

4.14.3.1 Demonstration of the need for and the expected duration of operations in excess of the limit in 4.14.1; and

4.14.3.2 The licensee's or registrant's program to assess and control dose within the 5 mSv (0.5 rem) annual limit; and

4.14.3.3 The procedures to be followed to maintain the dose ALARA.

4.14.4 In addition to the requirements of Part 4, a licensee or registrant subject to the provisions of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's generally applicable environmental radiation standards in 40 CFR 190 (July 1, 2004) shall comply with those standards.

4.14.5 The Department may impose additional restrictions on radiation levels in unrestricted areas and on the total quantity of radionuclides that a licensee or registrant may release in effluents in order to restrict the collective dose.

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