Section 0400-20-05-.71 - CONDITIONS REQUIRING INDIVIDUAL MONITORING OF EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL OCCUPATIONAL DOS(1) Each licensee and registrant shall monitor exposures to radiation and radioactive material at levels sufficient to demonstrate compliance with the occupational dose limits of this chapter: (a) Each licensee and registrant shall monitor occupational exposure to radiation from licensed or unlicensed and registered or unregistered radiation sources under the control of the licensee and registrant and shall supply and require the use of individual monitoring devices by:1. Adults likely to receive, in 1 year from sources external to the body, a dose in excess of 10 percent of the limits in Rule 0400-20-05-.50;2. Minors likely to receive, in 1 year from radiation sources external to the body, a deep dose equivalent in excess of 0.1 rem (1 mSv), a lens dose equivalent in excess of 0.15 rem (1.5 mSv), or a shallow dose equivalent to the skin or to the extremities in excess of 0.5 rem (5 mSv);3. Declared pregnant women likely to receive during the entire pregnancy, from radiation sources external to the body, a deep dose equivalent in excess of 0.1 rem (1 mSv) 2; and4. Individuals entering a high or very high radiation area.(2) Each licensee shall monitor (see Rule 0400-20-05-.53) the occupational intake of radioactive material by, and assess the committed effective dose equivalent to: (a) Adults likely to receive, in 1 year, an intake in excess of ten percent of the applicable ALI(s) in Table 1, Columns 1 and 2, of Schedule RHS 8-30;(b) Minors likely to receive, in 1 year, a committed effective dose equivalent in excess of 0.1 rem (1 mSv); and(c) Declared pregnant women likely to receive, during the entire pregnancy, a committed effective dose equivalent in excess of 0.1 rem (1 mSv).Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0400-20-05-.71
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.