Kansas Administrative Regulations
Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
Article 35 - RADIATION
Section 28-35-212f - Planned special exposures
Universal Citation: KS Admin Regs 28-35-212f
Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 52, December 26, 2024
(a) A licensee or registrant may authorize an adult worker to receive doses in addition to and accounted for separately from the doses received under the limits specified in K.A.R. 28-35-212a.
(b) The authorization of doses under K.A.R. 28-35-212f(a), called planned special exposure, shall only be permitted if each of the following conditions is satisfied.
(1) The licensee or registrant
shall authorize a planned special exposure only in an exceptional situation
when alternatives that might avoid the higher exposure are unavailable or
impractical.
(2) The licensee or
registrant, and employer if the employer is not the licensee or registrant,
shall specifically authorize the planned special exposure, in writing, before
the exposure occurs.
(3) Before a
planned special exposure, the licensee or registrant shall ensure that each
individual involved is:
(A) informed of the
purpose of the planned operation;
(B) informed of the estimated doses and
associated potential risks and specific radiation levels or other conditions
that might be involved in performing the task; and
(C) instructed in the measures to be taken to
keep the dose ALARA considering other risks that may be present.
(4) Prior to permitting an
individual to participate in a planned special exposure, the licensee or
registrant shall ascertain prior doses as required by K.A.R. 28-35-212e during
the lifetime of the individual for each individual involved.
(5) Subject to K.A.R. 28-35-212a(b), the
licensee or registrant shall not authorize a planned special exposure that
would cause an individual to receive a dose from all planned special exposures
and all doses in excess of the limits to exceed:
(A) the numerical values of any of the dose
limits in K.A.R. 28-35-212a in any year; or
(B) five times the annual dose limits in
K.A.R. 28-35-212a during the individual's lifetime.
(6) The licensee or registrant shall maintain
records of the conduct of a planned special exposure in accordance with K.A.R.
28-35-227g and shall submit a written report in accordance with K.A.R.
28-35-230c.
(7) The licensee or
registrant shall record the best estimate of the dose resulting from the
planned special exposure in the individual's record and shall inform the
individual, in writing, of the dose within 30 days from the date of the planned
special exposure. The dose from planned special exposures shall not be
considered in controlling future occupational dose of the individual pursuant
to K.A.R. 28-35-212a but shall be included in evaluations required by K.A.R.
28-35-212f(b)(4) and (5).
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