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 4022 - SURVEYS AND MONITORING
Section He-P 4022.02 - Conditions Requiring Individual Monitoring of External and Internal Occupational Dose

Universal Citation: NH Admin Rules He-P 4022.02

Current through Register No. 40, October 3, 2024

(a) Each licensee or registrant shall monitor occupational exposures from licensed and unlicensed sources of radiation at levels sufficient to demonstrate compliance with the occupational dose limits of He-P 4020 through He-P 4023.

(b) As a minimum, each licensee or registrant shall monitor occupational exposure to radiation from licensed and unlicensed radiation sources under its control 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 He-P 4020.05(a) ;

(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);

(3) Declared pregnant women likely to receive during the entire pregnancy, from radiation sources external to the body, a deep dose equivalent in excess of 1 mSv,0.1 rem);

(4) Individuals entering a high or very high radiation area; and

(5) Individuals working with medical fluoroscopic equipment.

(c) To determine compliance with He-P 4020.08, each licensee or registrant shall monitor the occupational intake of radioactive material by, and assess the committed effective dose equivalent to:

(1) Adults likely to receive, in one year, an intake in excess of 10 percent of the applicable ALI in Table 4090.1, Table I, Columns 1 and 2, of He-P 4090;

(2) Minors likely to receive, in one year, a committed effective dose equivalent in excess of 1 mSv (0.1 rem); and

(3) Declared pregnant women likely to receive, during the entire pregnancy, a committed dose equivalent in excess of 1 mSv (0.1 rem) .

#5903, eff 2-1-95; ss by #6827, eff 8-6-98; ss by #8488, eff 11-18-05; ss by #8808, eff 1-24-07

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