Section 325.60604. Precautionary procedures and personal monitoring.

(1) Every employer shall evaluate the radiation hazards incident to the production, use, release, disposal,  or  presence  of  radioactive materials or other sources of radiation under a specific set of conditions. When appropriate, such evaluation shall include a physical survey of the location of materials and equipment, and measurements of levels of  radiation or concentrations of radioactive material present.

(2)      Every employer shall supply appropriate personnel monitoring equipment, such as film badges, pocket chambers, pocket dosimeters, or film rings, and shall require the use of such equipment by employees as follows:

(a)     Each employee who enters a restricted area under such circumstances that he or she receives, or is likely to receive, a dose in any calendar quarter in excess of 25 percent  of  the applicable  value  specified in  R 325.60602(1).

(b)     Each employee less than 18 years of age who enters a restricted area where he or she receives, or is likely to receive, a dose in any calendar quarter in excess of 5 percent  of  the applicable  value specified in  R 325.60602(1).

(c)     Each employee who enters a high radiation area.

(3)     As used in these rules:

(a)        "Personnel monitoring equipment" means devices designed to be worn or carried by an individual for the purpose of measuring the dose received (for example, film badges, pocket chambers, pocket dosimeters, film rings).

(b)       "Radiation area" means any area, accessible to personnel, in which there exists radiation at such levels that a major portion of the body could receive in any 1 hour a dose in excess of 5 millirem, or in any 5 consecutive days a dose in excess of 100 millirem.

(c)     "High radiation area" means any area, accessible to personnel, in which there exists radiation at such levels that a major portion of the body could receive in any 1 hour a dose in excess of 100 millirem.

History: 2009 AACS.