Ariz. Admin. Code § 9-7-413

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 50, December 13, 2024

Section R9-7-413 - Planned Special Exposures

A. A licensee or registrant may authorize an adult worker to receive doses in addition to and accounted for separately from the doses received under the limits specified in R9-7-408, provided that each of the following conditions is satisfied:

1. The licensee or registrant authorizes a planned special exposure only in an exceptional situation when alternatives that might avoid the dose estimated from the planned special exposure are unavailable or impractical.

2. The licensee or registrant, and employer if the employer is not the licensee or registrant, specifically authorizes the planned special exposure, in writing, before the exposure occurs.

3. Before a planned special exposure, the licensee or registrant ensures that each individual involved is:

a. Informed in writing of the purpose of the planned special exposure;

b. Informed in writing of the estimated doses, associated potential risks, and specific radiation levels or other conditions that might be involved in performing the task; and

c. Instructed in the measures to be taken to keep the dose ALARA, considering other risks that may be present.

4. Before permitting an individual to participate in a planned special exposure, the licensee or registrant shall ascertain prior doses as required by R9-7-412(B) for each individual involved.

5. Subject to R9-7-408(B), the licensee or registrant shall not authorize a planned special exposure that would cause an individual to receive a dose from all planned special exposures and all doses that exceed:

a. The numerical value of any of the dose limits in R9-7-408(A) in any year, and

b. Five times the annual dose limits in R9-7-408(A) during the individual's lifetime.

6. The licensee or registrant shall maintain records of a planned special exposure in accordance with subsections (B) and (C) and submit a written report to the Department within 30 days after the date of any planned special exposure conducted in accordance with this Section, informing the Department that a planned special exposure was conducted and indicating the date the planned special exposure occurred and the information required by subsection (B).

7. The licensee or registrant shall record the best estimate of the dose resulting from the planned special exposure in the individual's record and inform the individual, in writing, of the dose within 30 days after the date of the planned special exposure. The dose from a planned special exposure shall not be considered in controlling future occupational dose of the individual according to R9-7-408(A) but shall be included in evaluations required by subsections (A)(4) and (A)(5).

B. Records.

1. For each planned special exposure, the licensee or registrant shall maintain records that describe:

a. The exceptional circumstances requiring the use of a planned special exposure,

b. The name of the management official who authorized the planned special exposure and a copy of the signed authorization,

c. What actions were necessary,

d. Why the actions were necessary,

e. What precautions were taken to assure that doses were minimized in accordance with R9-7-407(B),

f. What individual and collective doses were expected,

g. The doses actually received in the planned special exposure, and

h. The process through which the employee involved in the planned special exposure has been informed in writing of the information contained in subsection (A)(3).

2. The licensee or registrant shall retain the records for three years after the Department terminates each pertinent license or registration.

C. A licensee shall submit a report to the Department no later than 30 days after a planned special exposure conducted in accordance with subsection (A). The report shall contain the date of the planned exposure and the information required by subsection (B).

Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-7-413

New Section R9-7-413 recodified from R12-1-413, at 24 A.A.R. 813, effective March 22, 2018 (Supp. 18-1).