Minnesota Administrative Rules

4731.1020 WORKER INSTRUCTIONS.

Subpart 1.

Required instruction.

All individuals who, in the course of employment, are likely to receive in a year an occupational dose in excess of 100 millirems (1 mSv) must be:

A.

kept informed of the storage, transfer, or use of radiation and radioactive material;

B.

instructed in the health protection problems associated with exposure to radiation and radioactive material, in 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 this chapter and the license that protect personnel from exposure to radiation and radioactive material;

D.

instructed of their responsibility to report promptly to the licensee any condition that may lead to or cause a violation of this chapter or the license or any 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 that workers may request according to part 4731.1030.

Subp. 2.

Applicability.

In determining which individuals are subject to subpart 1, a licensee must take into consideration an individual's assigned activities during normal and abnormal situations involving exposure to radiation or radioactive material that can reasonably be expected to occur during the life of a licensed facility. The extent of the instructions must be commensurate with potential radiological health protection problems present in the workplace.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 144.1202; 144.1203

History:

29 SR 755

Published Electronically:

March 12, 2009