Section 180-10-003 - INSTRUCTIONS TO WORKERS This section addresses instructions that must be provided to workers.
003.01OCCUPATIONAL DOSE. All individuals who in the course of employment are likely to receive in a year an occupational dose in excess of 100 millirem (mrem) or 1 millisievert (mSv) must be: (A) Kept informed of the storage, transfer, or use of radiation or radioactive material;(B) Instructed in the health protection problems associated with exposure to radiation or radioactive material, precautions or procedures to minimize exposure, and in the purposes and functions of protective devices employed;(C) Instructed in, and required to observe, to the extent within the worker's control, the applicable provisions of these regulations and licenses for the protection of personnel from exposures to radiation or radioactive material;(D) Instructed of their responsibility to report promptly to the licensee or registrant any condition which may lead to, constitute, or cause a violation of the Act, these regulations, and licenses or unnecessary exposure to radiation or radioactive material;(E) Instructed in the appropriate response to warnings made in the event of any unusual occurrence or malfunction that may involve exposure to radiation or radioactive material; and(F) Advised as to the radiation exposure reports which workers must be furnished according to 180 NAC 10-004.003.02INSTRUCTIONS TO WORKERS. In determining individuals subject to the requirements of 180 NAC 10-003.01, licensees or registrants must consider assigned activities during normal and abnormal situations involving exposure to radiation or radioactive material which can reasonably be expected to occur during the life of a licensee or registrant facility. These instructions must be commensurate with potential radiological health protection problems present in the work place and performed annually.003.03RECORDS. Records of the instructions to workers required by 180 NAC 10- 003 must be maintained by the licensee and registrant until reviewed by the Department.180 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 10, § 003
Amended effective 6/26/2021