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 4022.03 - Location of Individual Monitoring Devices

Universal Citation: NH Admin Rules He-P 4022.03

Current through Register No. 40, October 3, 2024

(a) Each licensee or registrant shall ensure that individuals who are required to monitor occupational doses in accordance with He-P 4022.02(a) wear monitoring devices.

(b) Individual monitoring devices shall be worn as follows:

(1) An individual monitoring device used for monitoring the dose to the whole body shall be worn at the unshielded location of the whole body likely to receive the highest exposure;

(2) When a protective apron is worn, the location of the individual monitoring device shall be at the neck;

(3) An individual monitoring device used for monitoring the dose to an embryo/fetus of a declared pregnant woman, pursuant to He-P 4020.12(a) , shall be located under the protective apron at the waist;

(4) An individual monitoring device used for monitoring the lens dose equivalent, in accordance with He-P 4020.05(a) (2) , a., shall be located:
a. At the neck and outside the protective apron if being worn by the monitored individual; or

b. At an unshielded location close to the eye;

(5) An individual monitoring device used for monitoring the dose to the extremities, in accordance with He-P 4020.05(a) (2) , b., shall be worn on the extremity likely to receive the highest exposure;

(6) Each individual monitoring device used in accordance with He-P 4022.03(b) (5) shall be oriented to measure the highest dose to the extremity being monitored;

(7) One individual monitoring device used to determine the effective dose equivalent for external radiation pursuant to He-P 4020.05(g) and He-P 4022.02(b) (5) , shall be located at the neck outside the protective apron;

(8) If two individual monitoring devices are used to determine the effective dose equivalent for external radiation pursuant to He-P 4020.05(g) and He-P 4022.02(b) (5) , they shall be located:
a. One at the neck outside the protective apron; and

b. One under the protective apron at the waist; and

(9) Two individual monitoring devices shall be used and worn in accordance with He-P 4022.03(b) (8) by declared pregnant woman.

#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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