Section 0400-20-04-.12 - INSTRUCTIONS TO WORKERS(1) Each licensee or registrant is responsible that all individuals who in the course of employment are likely to receive in a year an occupational dose in excess of 100 mrem (1mSv):(a)1. Shall be kept informed of the storage, transfer or use of sources of radiation;2. Shall be instructed: (i) In the health protection problems associated with exposure to sources of radiation,(ii) In precautions or procedures to minimize radiation exposure, and(iii) In the purposes and functions of protective devices employed;3. Shall be instructed in, and required to observe, to the extent within the worker's control, the applicable Division regulations, registrations and licenses for the protection of individuals from sources of radiation;4. Shall be instructed in any operating and emergency procedures applicable to the licensed or registered activities in which the individual is involved;5. Shall be instructed of their responsibility to report promptly to the licensee or registrant any condition that may lead to or cause a violation of Division regulations, registration and licenses or unnecessary exposure to sources of radiation;6. Instructed in the appropriate response to warnings made in case of any unusual occurrence or malfunction that may involve exposure to sources of radiation;7. Shall be advised that workers may request radiation exposure reports under Rule 0400-20-05-.142.(2) In determining individuals subject to paragraph (1) of this rule, licensees and registrants shall consider assigned activities during normal and abnormal situations involving exposure to sources of radiation that can reasonably occur during the life of a licensed or registered facility. The extent of these instructions shall be commensurate with potential radiological health protection problems in the work place.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0400-20-04-.12
Original rule filed February 22, 2012; effective May 22, 2012.Authority: T.C.A. §§ 68-202-101 et seq. and 4-5-201 et seq.