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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