S.C. Code Regs. § § 61-64.III.RHB 3.24

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 10, October 25, 2024

Section 61-64.III.RHB 3.24 - Notification of Incidents

3.24.1 Immediate Notification. Notwithstanding other requirements for notification, each registrant shall immediately report each event involving a source of radiation possessed by the registrant that may have caused or threatens to cause an individual to receive:

3.24.1.1 A total effective dose equivalent of 25 rem (0.25 Sv) or more;

3.24.1.2 An eye dose equivalent of 75 rem (0.75 Sv) or more; or

3.24.1.3 A shallow dose equivalent to the skin or extremities or a total organ dose equivalent of 250 rad (2.5 Gy) or more.

3.24.2 Twenty-Four Hour Notification. Each registrant shall, within twenty-four (24) hours of discovery of the event, report to the Department each event that may have caused, or threatens to cause, an individual to receive, in a period of twenty-four (24) hours:

3.24.2.1 A total effective dose equivalent exceeding 5 rem (0.05 Sv);

3.24.2.2 An eye dose equivalent exceeding 15 rem (0.15 Sv); or

3.24.2.3 A shallow dose equivalent to the skin or extremities or a total organ dose equivalent exceeding 50 rem (0.5 Sv).

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

3.24.4 Registrants shall make the reports required by this Part to the Department by telephone, mail, electronic mail, or facsimile to the Department.

3.24.5 The provisions of this Part 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 RHB 3.27.

S.C. Code Regs. § 61-64.III.RHB 3.24

Replaced and amended by State Register Volume 40, Issue No. 06, eff. 6/24/2016; State Register Volume 47, Issue No. 05, eff. 5/26/2023.