South Carolina Code of Regulations
Chapter 61 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
Subchapter 61-63 - Radioactive Materials (Title A)
Part VI - NOTICES, INSTRUCTIONS, AND REPORTS TO WORKERS; INSPECTIONS
Section 61-63.VI.RHA 6.5 - Notification and Reports to Individuals

Universal Citation: SC Code Regs 61-63.VI.RHA 6.5

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 9, September 27, 2024

6.5.1 Radiation exposure data for an individual, and the results of any measurements, analyses, and calculations of radioactive material deposited or retained in the body of an individual, shall be reported to the individual as specified in this section. The information reported shall include data and results obtained pursuant to Department regulations, orders, or license conditions, as shown in records maintained by the licensee pursuant to Department regulations. Each notification and report shall; be in writing, include appropriate identifying data such as the name of the licensee, the name of the individual, the individual's social security number; include the individual's exposure information; and contain the following statement; "This report is furnished to you under the provisions of the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control's 'Radiation Control Regulations.' You should preserve this report for future reference."

6.5.2 Each licensee shall make dose information available to workers as shown in records maintained by the licensee pursuant to paragraphs 3.36.2 and 3.39. The licensee shall provide an annual report to each individual monitored pursuant to RHA 3.17 of the dose received in that monitoring year if:

6.5.2.1 The individual's occupational dose exceeds 100 mrem TEDE or 100 mrem to any individual organ or tissue; or

6.5.2.2 The individual requests his or her annual dose report.

6.5.3.1 At the request of a worker formerly engaged in licensed activities controlled by the licensee, each licensee shall furnish to the worker a report of the worker's exposure to radiation and/or radioactive material:
6.5.3.1.1 As shown in records maintained by the licensee pursuant to RHA 3.39 for each year the worker was required to be monitored under the provisions of RHA 3.17; and

6.5.3.1.2 For each year the worker was required to be monitored under the monitoring requirements in effect prior to January 1, 1994.

6.5.3.2 This report must be furnished within 30 days from the time the request is made, or within 30 days after the exposure of the individual has been determined by the licensee, whichever is later. This report must cover the period of time that the worker's activities involved exposure to radiation from radioactive materials licensed by the Department and must include the dates and locations of licensed activities in which the worker participated during this period.

6.5.4 When a licensee is required pursuant to RHA 3.45, 3.46, 3.47, and 3.49 to report to the Department any exposure of an individual to radiation or radioactive material, or an identified member of the public, to radiation or radioactive material, the licensee shall also provide the individual a report on his or her exposure data included in the report to the Department. This report shall be transmitted no later than the transmittal to the Department.

6.5.5 At the request of a worker who is terminating employment with the licensee that involved exposure to radiation or radioactive materials, during the calendar quarter or the current year, each licensee shall provide at termination to each worker, or to the worker's designee, a written report regarding the radiation dose received by that worker from operations of the licensee during the current year or fraction thereof. If the most recent individual monitoring results are not available at that time, a written estimate of the dose must be provided together with a clear indication that this is an estimate.

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