New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
He - Department of Health and Human Services
Subtitle He-P - Former Division of Public Health Services
Chapter He-P 4000 - NEW HAMPSHIRE RULES FOR THE CONTROL OF RADIATION
Part He-P 4020 - STANDARDS FOR PROTECTION AGAINST RADIATION
Section He-P 4020.04 - Radiation Protection Programs

(a) Each licensee or registrant shall develop, document, and implement a radiation protection program sufficient to ensure compliance with the provisions of He-P 4020 through He-P 4023.

(b) The licensee or registrant shall use procedures and engineering controls based upon sound radiation protection principles to achieve occupational doses and public doses that are as low as is reasonably achievable (ALARA) .

(c) The licensee or registrant shall, at intervals not to exceed 12 months, review the radiation protection program content and implementation.

(d) To implement the ALARA requirements of (b) above and notwithstanding the requirements in He-P 4020.13, a constraint on air emissions of radioactive material to the environment, excluding Radon-222 and its daughters, shall be established by licensees other than those subject to Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 50.34a of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) regulations, such that the individual member of the public likely to receive the highest dose will not be expected to receive a total effective dose equivalent in excess of 0.1 millisievert (10 mrem) per year from these emissions.

(e) If a licensee subject to the requirement of (d) above exceeds the dose constraint, the licensee shall report the exceedance as provided in He-P 4021.14 and promptly take appropriate corrective action to ensure against recurrence.