New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 3 - RADIATION PROTECTION
Part 4 - STANDARDS FOR PROTECTION AGAINST RADIATION
Section 20.3.4.412 - DOSE EQUIVALENT TO AN EMBRYO/FETUS
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 6, March 26, 2024
A. The licensee or registrant shall ensure that the dose equivalent to the embryo/fetus during the entire pregnancy, due to the occupational exposure of a declared pregnant woman, does not exceed 0.5 rem (5 millisieverts) (see 20.3.4.446 NMAC for recordkeeping requirements).
B. The licensee or registrant shall make efforts to avoid substantial variation above a uniform monthly exposure rate to a declared pregnant woman so as to satisfy the limit in Subsection A of this section.
C. The dose equivalent to the embryo/fetus is the sum of:
D. If the dose equivalent to the embryo/fetus is found to have exceeded 0.5 rem (5 millisieverts), or is within 0.05 rem (0.5 millisievert) of this dose, by the time the woman declares the pregnancy to the licensee or registrant, the licensee or registrant shall be deemed to be in compliance with Subsection A of this section if the additional dose equivalent to the embryo/fetus does not exceed 0.05 rem (0.5 millisievert) during the remainder of the pregnancy.