Section He-P 4020.12 - Dose to an Embryo/Fetus(a) The licensee or registrant shall ensure that the dose equivalent to an embryo/fetus during the entire pregnancy, due to occupational exposure of a declared pregnant woman, does not exceed 5 mSv (0.5 rem) .(b) The licensee or registrant shall make efforts to avoid substantial variation above a uniform monthly exposure rate to a declared pregnant woman so as to satisfy the limit in He-P 4020.12(a) .(c) The dose equivalent to the embryo/fetus shall be taken as the sum of: (1) The deep dose equivalent to the declared pregnant woman; and(2) The dose equivalent to the embryo/fetus resulting from radionuclides in the embryo/fetus and radionuclides in the declared pregnant woman.(d) If the dose equivalent to the embryo/fetus is found to have exceeded 4.5 mSv (0.45 rem) by the time the woman declares the pregnancy to the licensee or registrant, the licensee or registrant shall be deemed to be in compliance with He-P 4020.12(a) if the additional dose equivalent to the embryo/fetus does not exceed 0.5 mSv (0.05 rem) during the remainder of the pregnancy.N.H. Admin. Code § He-P 4020.12
#5903, eff 2-1-95; ss by #6827, eff 8-6-98; ss by #8481, eff 11-5-05
Amended byVolume XXXIV Number 24, Filed June 12, 2014, Proposed by #10604, Effective 5/23/2014, Expires 5/23/2024.