Section 0400-20-05-.142 - REPORTS TO INDIVIDUALS OF EXPOSURE TO RADIATION(1) Licensees and registrants shall report radiation exposure data for an individual, including the results of any measurements, analyses and calculations of radioactive material deposited or retained in the body of an individual, as specified in this rule.(2) Each licensee or registrant shall make dose information available to workers as shown in records maintained by the licensee or registrant under the provisions of Rule 0400-20-05-.135. The licensee shall provide an annual report to each individual monitored under Rule 0400-20-05-.71 of the dose received in that monitoring year if: (a) The individual's occupational dose exceeds 1 mSv (100 mrem) TEDE or 1 mSv (100 mrem) to any individual organ or tissue; or(b) The individual requests his or her annual dose report.(3) Each licensee or registrant, at the request of a worker formerly engaged in licensed or registered activities controlled by the licensee or registrant, shall furnish to the worker a report of the individual's exposure to sources of radiation: (a)1. As shown in records maintained by the licensee or registrant pursuant to Rule 0400-20-05-.135 for each year the worker was required to be monitored under the provisions of Rule 0400-20-05-.71; and2. For each year the worker was required to be monitored under the requirements in effect before January 2, 1993.(b) This report shall: 1. Be furnished within 30 days from the time the request is made or within 30 days after the exposure of the individual has been determined by the licensee, whichever is later;2. Cover the period that the worker's activities involved exposure to sources of radiation licensed or registered by the Division; and3. Include the dates and locations of licensed or registered activities in which the worker participated during this period.(c) The worker's request shall include social security number, dates and location of employment or association and other appropriate identifying data.(4) When a licensee or registrant is required under Rule 0400-20-05-.141, 0400-20-05-.143 or 0400-20-05-.144 to report to the Division any exposure of an individual to radiation or radioactive material, the licensee or registrant shall also provide a copy of the report submitted to the Division to the individual. Such report shall be transmitted at a time not later than the transmittal to the Division.(5) At the request of a worker who is terminating employment with the licensee or registrant that involved radiation dose, or of a worker who, while employed by another person, is terminating assignment to work involving radiation dose in the licensee's or registrant's facility during the current year, each licensee or registrant shall provide at termination to each worker, or to the worker's designee, a written report regarding the radiation dose received by that worker from operations of the licensee or registrant during the current year or fraction thereof. If the most recent monitoring results are not available at that time, the licensee or registrant shall provide a written estimate of the dose. Estimated doses shall be clearly indicated as such.(6) Reports submitted under this rule shall:(b) Include appropriate identifying data such as the name of the licensee or registrant, the name of the individual and the individual's social security number;(c) Include the individual's radiation exposure information;(d) Include data and results obtained under Division regulations, or conditions, as shown in records maintained by the licensee or registrant under Division regulations; and(e) Contain the following statement: This report is furnished to you under the provisions of the Division of Radiological Health of the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation regulations entitled "State Regulations for Protection Against Radiation." You should preserve this report for future reference.
Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0400-20-05-.142
Original rule filed February 22, 2012; effective May 22, 2012.Authority: T.C.A. §§ 68-202-201 et seq., and 4-5-201 et seq.