Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM
Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION
Chapter 4 - STANDARDS FOR PROTECTION AGAINST RADIATION
Section 180-4-010 - PLANNED SPECIAL EXPOSURES

Universal Citation: 180 NE Admin Rules and Regs ch 4 ยง 010

Current through March 20, 2024

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 180 NAC 4-005 provided that each of the following conditions is satisfied:

(A) The licensee or registrant authorizes a planned special exposure only in an exceptional situation when alternatives that might avoid the dose estimated to result from the planned special exposure are unavailable or impractical;

(B) The licensee or registrant, and employer if the employer is not the licensee or registrant, specifically authorizes the planned special exposure, in writing, before the exposure occurs.

(C) Before a planned special exposure, the licensee or registrant ensures that each individual involved is:

(i) Informed of the purpose of the planned operation; and

(ii) 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

(iii) Instructed in the measures to be taken to keep the dose as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA) considering other risks that may be present;

(D) Prior to permitting an individual to participate in a planned special exposure, the licensee or registrant ascertains prior doses as required by 180 NAC 4-009.02 during the lifetime of the individual for each individual involved;

(E) Subject to 180 NAC 4-005.02, the licensee or registrant must 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:

(i) The numerical values of any of the dose limits in 180 NAC 4-005.01 in any year; and

(ii) Five times the annual dose limits in 180 NAC 4-005.01 during the individual's lifetime;

(F) The licensee or registrant maintains records of the conduct of a planned special exposure in accordance with 180 NAC 4-051 and submits a written report in accordance with 180 NAC 4-060; and

(G) The licensee or registrant records the best estimate of the dose resulting from the planned special exposure in the individual's record and informs the individual, in writing, of the dose within 30 days from the date of the planned special exposure. The dose from planned special exposures must not be considered in controlling future occupational dose of the individual according to 180 NAC 4-005.01 but must be included in evaluations required by 180 NAC 4-010.04 and 4-010.05.

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