N.M. Admin. Code § 20.3.4.452

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

Section 20.3.4.452 - NOTIFICATION OF INCIDENTS

A. Immediate Notification. Notwithstanding other requirements for notification, each licensee or registrant shall immediately report each event involving a source of radiation possessed by the licensee or registrant that may have caused or threatens to cause any of the following conditions:

(1) an individual to receive:

(a) a total effective dose equivalent of 25 rems (0.25 sievert) or more; or

(b) a lens dose equivalent of 75 rems (0.75 sievert) or more; or

(c) a shallow dose equivalent to the skin or extremities or a total organ dose equivalent of 250 rads (2.5 grays) or more; or

(2) the release of radioactive material, inside or outside of a restricted area, so that, had an individual been present for 24 hours, the individual could have received an intake five times the occupational ALI; this provision does not apply to locations where personnel are not normally stationed during routine operations, such as hot-cells or process enclosures.

B. Twenty-Four Hour Notification. Each licensee or registrant shall, within 24 hours of discovery of the event, report to the department each event involving loss of control of a licensed or registered source of radiation possessed by the licensee or registrant that may have caused, or threatens to cause, any of the following conditions:

(1) an individual to receive, in a period of 24 hours:

(a) a total effective dose equivalent exceeding 5 rems (0.05 sievert); or

(b) a lens dose equivalent exceeding 15 rems (0.15 sievert); or

(c) a shallow dose equivalent to the skin or extremities or a total organ dose equivalent exceeding 50 rems (0.5 sievert); or

(2) the release of radioactive material, inside or outside of a restricted area, so that, had an individual been present for 24 hours, the individual could have received an intake in excess of one occupational ALI; this provision does not apply to locations where personnel are not normally stationed during routine operations, such as hot-cells or process enclosures.

C. The licensee or registrant shall prepare each report filed with the department pursuant to this section so that names of individuals who have received exposure to sources of radiation are stated in a separate and detachable portion of the report.

D. Licensees and registrants shall make the reports required by Subsections A and B of this section to the department by telephone, and shall confirm the initial contact by e-mail, telegram, mailgram or facsimile to the department.

E. The provisions of this section do not apply to doses that result from planned special exposures, provided such doses are within the limits for planned special exposures and are reported pursuant to 20.3.4.454 NMAC.

N.M. Admin. Code § 20.3.4.452

20.3.4.452 NMAC - Rp, 20.3.4.452 NMAC, 4/30/2009