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Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONChapter 3 - RADIATION PROTECTION
Part 4 - STANDARDS FOR PROTECTION AGAINST RADIATION
Section 20.3.4.456 - REPORTS OF INDIVIDUAL MONITORING

N.M. Admin. Code § 20.3.4.456

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Current through Register Vol. 36, No. 1, January 14, 2025
Section 20.3.4.456 - REPORTS OF INDIVIDUAL MONITORING
A. This section applies to each person licensed or registered by the department to:
(1) possess or use sources of radiation for purposes of industrial radiography pursuant to 20.3.3 NMAC and 20.3.5 NMAC; or
(2) receive radioactive waste from other persons for disposal pursuant to 20.3.13 NMAC; or
(3) possess or use at any time, for processing or manufacturing for distribution pursuant to 20.3.3 NMAC or 20.3.7 NMAC, radioactive material in quantities exceeding any one of the following quantities:

TABLE 456.1

Radionuclide

Activity1

Curies

Gigabecquerels

Cesium-137

1

37

Cobalt-60

1

37

Gold-198

100

3,700

Iodine-131

1

37

Iridium-192

10

370

Krypton-85

1,000

37,000

Promethium-147

10

370

Technetium-99m

1,000

37,000

Table 456.1 note:1the department may require as a license condition, or by rule, regulation or order pursuant to 20.3.1.111 NMAC, reports from licensees who are licensed to use radionuclides not on this list, in quantities sufficient to cause comparable radiation levels.

B. Each licensee or registrant in a category listed in Subsection A of this section shall submit an annual report of the results of individual monitoring carried out by the licensee or registrant for each individual for whom monitoring was required by 20.3.4.417 NMAC during that year. The licensee or registrant may include additional data for individuals for whom monitoring was provided but not required. The licensee or registrant shall use department form occupational dose record for a monitoring period or equivalent, or electronic media containing all the information required by department form occupational dose record for a monitoring period.
C. The licensee or registrant shall file the report required by Subsection B of this section, covering the preceding year, on or before April 30 of each year. The licensee or registrant shall submit the report to the department.

N.M. Admin. Code § 20.3.4.456

20.3.4.456 NMAC - Rp, 20.3.4.456 NMAC, 4/30/2009