Code of Maine Rules
10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
144 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - GENERAL
Chapter 220 - Rules Relating to Radiation Protection
Part D - STANDARDS FOR PROTECTION AGAINST RADIATION
Subpart F - SURVEYS AND MONITORING
Section 144-220-D-F-1502 - Conditions requiring individual monitoring of external and internal occupational dose
Universal Citation: 10 ME Code Rules ยง 144-220-D-F-1502
Current through 2024-38, September 18, 2024
Each licensee or registrant shall monitor exposures from sources of radiation at levels sufficient to demonstrate compliance with the occupational dose limits of Part D. As a minimum:
A. Each licensee or registrant shall monitor occupational exposure to radiation from licensed and unlicensed radiation sources under the control of the licensee and shall supply and require the use of individual monitoring devices by:
(1)
Adults likely to receive, in one year from sources external to the body, a dose
in excess of 10 percent of the limits in D.1201.A; and
(2) Minors likely to receive, in one year
from sources external to the body, a deep-dose equivalent in excess of 1 mSv
(0.1 rem), a lens dose equivalent in excess of 1.5 mSv (0.15 rem), or a shallow
dose equivalent to the skin or to the extremities in excess of 5 mSv (0.5 rem;
and
(3) Declared pregnant women
likely to receive during the entire pregnancy from sources external to the
body, a deep-dose equivalent in excess of 1 mSv (0.1 rem; and
(4) Individuals entering a high or very high
radiation area.
B. Each licensee or registrant shall monitor, to determine compliance with D.1204, the occupational intake of radioactive material by and assess the committed effective dose equivalent to:
(1) Adults
likely to receive, in 1 year, an intake in excess of 10 percent of the
applicable ALI in Table I, Columns 1 and 2, of Appendix B; and
(2) Minors and declared pregnant women
(during the entire pregnancy) likely to receive, a committed effective dose
equivalent in excess of 1 mSv (0.1 rem).
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