N.M. Admin. Code § 20.3.4.404

Current through Register Vol. 36, No. 1, January 14, 2025

Section 20.3.4.404 - RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMS

A. Each licensee or registrant shall develop, document and implement a radiation protection program commensurate with the scope and extent of licensed or registered activities and sufficient to ensure compliance with the provisions of this part (see 20.3.4.441 NMAC for recordkeeping requirements related to these programs.)

B. The licensee or registrant shall use, to the extent practical, procedures and engineering controls based upon sound radiation protection principles to achieve occupational doses and doses to members of the public that are ALARA.

C. The licensee or registrant shall, at intervals not to exceed 12 months, review the radiation protection program content and implementation with all employees before beginning their job duties and annually thereafter.

D. To implement the ALARA requirements of Subsection B of this section, and notwithstanding the requirements in 20.3.4.413 NMAC, a constraint on air emissions of radioactive material to the environment, excluding Radon-222 and its daughters, shall be established by licensees such that the individual member of the public likely to receive the highest dose will not be expected to receive a total effective dose equivalent in excess of 10 millirems (0.1 millisievert) per year from these emissions. If a licensee subject to this requirement exceeds this dose constraint, the licensee shall report the exceedance as provided in 20.3.4.453 NMAC and promptly take appropriate corrective action to ensure against recurrence.

N.M. Admin. Code § 20.3.4.404

20.3.4.404 NMAC - Rp, 20.3.4.404 NMAC, 4/30/2009, Amended by New Mexico Register, Volume XXXV, Issue 07, April 9, 2024, eff. 5/1/2024