North Carolina Administrative Code (Last Updated: November 13, 2014) |
TITLE 15A. ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES |
CHAPTER 11. RADIATION PROTECTION |
15A NCAC 11 .1004. NOTIFICATIONS AND REPORTS TO INDIVIDUALS
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(a) Radiation exposure data for an individual and the results of any measurements, analyses, and calculations of radioactive material deposited or retained in the body of any individual shall be reported to the individual as specified in this Rule. The information reported shall include data and results obtained pursuant to rules of this Chapter, orders, or license conditions, as shown in records maintained by the licensee or registrant pursuant to provisions of this Chapter. Each notification and report shall:
(1) be in writing;
(2) include identifying data such as the name of the licensee or registrant, the name of the individual, and the individual's social security number;
(3) include the individual's exposure information; and
(4) contain the following statement: This report is furnished to you under the provisions of Section 15A NCAC 11 .1000: NOTICES: INSTRUCTIONS: REPORTS AND INSPECTIONS. You should preserve this report for further reference.
(b) 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 .1640 of this Chapter. The licensee or registrant shall provide an annual report to each individual monitored under Rule .1614 of this Chapter of the dose received in that monitoring year if:
(1) the individual's occupational dose exceeds 1 mSv (100 mrem) TEDE or 1 mSv (100 mrem) to any individual organ or tissue; or
(2) the individual requests his or her annual dose report.
(c) At the request of a worker formerly engaged in work controlled by the licensee or the registrant, each licensee or registrant shall furnish to the worker a report of the worker's radiation dosage and exposure to radioactive materials. The report shall:
(1) be furnished within 30 days from the time any request is made, or within 30 days after the information has been obtained by the licensee or registrant, whichever is later;
(2) cover, within the period of time specified in the request, each calendar quarter in which the worker's activities involved exposure to radiation from radioactive material licensed by, or radiation machines registered with the agency; and
(3) include the dates and locations of work under the license or registration in which the worker participated during this period.
(d) When a licensee or registrant is required pursuant to Rules .1646, .1647, or .1648 of this Chapter to report to the agency any overexposure of an individual to radiation or radioactive material, the licensee or the registrant shall also provide the individual a report on his or her exposure data included in the report to the agency. The reports shall be transmitted at a time no later than the transmittal to the agency.
History Note: Authority G.S. 104E-7; 104E-10(b); 104E-12;
Eff. February 1, 1980;
Amended Eff. October 1, 2013; January 1, 1994.