HAR §11-45-53. Surveys and monitoring

(a) Radiation surveys shall be conducted in all areas in the vicinity of sources of radiation by, or under the direction of, a qualified medical physicist. (b) Instruments and equipment used for quantitative radiation measurements shall be calibrated at least annually. (c) All personnel dosimeters, except for direct and indirect reading pocket ionization chambers and those dosimeters used to measure the dose to any extremity, that require processing to determine the radiation dose and that are used by licensees to comply with section 11-45-40, with other applicable provisions of this chapter, or with conditions specified in a license shall be processed and evaluated by a dosimetry processor: (1) Holding current personnel dosimetry accreditation from the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology; and (2) Approved in this accreditation process for the type of radiation or radiations included in the NVLAP program that most closely approximates the type of radiation or radiations for which the individual wearing the dosimeter is monitored. (d) The licensee shall ensure that adequate precautions are taken to prevent a deceptive exposure of an individual monitoring device. [Eff 11/12/99] (Auth: HRS §§321-10, 321-11, 321-71) (Imp: HRS §§321-1, 321-11(21), 321-71) §11-45-54 Conditions requiring individual monitoring of external and internal occupational dose. (a) Each licensee shall monitor occupational exposure to radiation and shall supply and require the use of individual monitoring devices by: (1) Adults likely to receive, in one year from sources external to the body, a dose in excess of ten percent of the limits in section 11-45-40(a); and (2) Minors and declared pregnant women likely to receive, in one year from sources external to the body, a dose in excess of ten percent of any of the applicable limits in sections 11-45-46 and 11-45-47; and (3) Individuals entering a high or very high radiation area. (b) Each licensee shall monitor, to determine compliance with section 11-45-43, the occupational intake of radioactive material by and assess the committed effective dose equivalent to: §11-45-55 45-61 (1) Adults likely to receive, in one year, an intake in excess of ten percent of the applicable ALI in Table I, Columns 1 and 2, of Appendix B; and (2) Minors and declared pregnant women likely to receive, in one year, a committed effective dose equivalent in excess of 0.05 rem (0.50 millisievert). (c) Appendix B to Part D of the Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors, Inc. Suggested State Regulations for Control of Radiation, Volume I, December 1995 Edition, entitled, "Annual Limits on Intake (ALI) and Derived Air Concentrations (DAC) of Radionuclides for Occupational Exposure; Effluent Concentrations; Concentrations for Release to Sanitary Sewerage", is made a part of this section and is available from the department. [Eff 11/12/99] (Auth: HRS §§321-10, 321-11, 321-71) (Imp: HRS §§321-1, 321-11(21), 321-71)