New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Chapter I - State Sanitary Code
Part 16 - Ionizing Radiation
General Provisions
Section 16.7 - Radiation dose limits for individual members of the public
Universal Citation: 10 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 16.7
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024
(a) Dose limits for individual members of the public.
(1) Except for doses received from
patients released under the provisions of section
16.123
of this Part, each licensee or registrant shall conduct operations so that:
(i) the dose in any unrestricted area from
external sources does not exceed 0.02 mSv (0.002 rem) in any one hour;
and
(ii) the total effective dose
equivalent to individual members of the public from the licensed or registered
operation, exclusive of the dose contribution from the licensee's or
registrant's disposal of radioactive material into sanitary sewerage in
accordance with section
16.8 of
this Part, does not exceed one mSv (0.1 rem) in a year, except where structural
modifications to the building or the equipment is required of existing
facilities where radiation equipment were installed prior to January 1, 1994
and the use of the radiation source does not change after January 1, 1994 and
which result in a total effective dose equivalent to a member of the public
which does not exceed five mSv (0.5 rem) in a year.
(2) If radioactive materials are released
into the air or water by any person in such a manner that the radioactive
materials may be reconcentrated in the environment or may be added to any other
radioactive materials released to the environment, the department may restrict
the release by such person to assure that the limits set forth in this Part are
not exceeded.
(b) Compliance with dose limits for individual members of the public.
(1) The licensee or registrant shall make or
cause to be made, surveys of radiation levels in unrestricted areas and
radioactive materials in effluents released to unrestricted areas, which shall
be used to ascertain compliance with the dose limits for individual members of
the public in subdivision (a) of this section.
(2) A licensee or registrant shall maintain
records of measurements and calculations used to demonstrate compliance with
the annual dose limit in subdivision (a) of this section.
(3) The licensee or registrant may petition
the department to adjust the effluent concentration values in Appendix 16-C,
Table 2, infra, for members of the public, to take into account the actual
physical and chemical characteristics of the effluents, such as, aerosol size
distribution, solubility, density, radioactive decay equilibrium, and chemical
form.
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