Oregon Health Authority
Public Health Division - Chapter 333
Division 120
STANDARDS FOR PROTECTION AGAINST RADIATION
333-120-0215
Surveys and Monitoring: Location of Individual Monitoring Devices
Each licensee or registrant must ensure that individuals who are required to monitor occupational doses in accordance with OAR 333-120-0210(1) wear individual monitoring devices as follows:
(1) An individual monitoring device used for monitoring the dose to the whole body must be worn at the unshielded location of the whole body likely to receive the highest exposure. When a protective apron is worn, the location of the individual monitoring device is typically at the neck (collar);
(2) An individual monitoring device used for monitoring the dose to an embryo/fetus of a declared pregnant woman, pursuant to OAR 333-120-0170(1), must be located at the waist under any protective apron being worn by the woman;
(3) An individual monitoring device used for monitoring the lens dose equivalent, to demonstrate compliance with OAR 333-120-0100(1)(b)(A), must be located at the neck (collar), outside any protective apron being worn by the monitored individual, or at an unshielded location closer to the eye;
(4) An individual monitoring device used for monitoring the dose to the extremities, to demonstrate compliance with OAR 333-120-0100(1)(b)(B), must be worn on the extremity likely to receive the highest exposure. Each individual monitoring device must be oriented to measure the highest dose to the extremity being monitored.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 453.635
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 453.605 - 453.807
History:
PH 14-2008, f. & cert. ef. 9-15-08
PH 4-2007, f. & cert. ef. 3-1-07
PH 12-2006, f. & cert. ef. 6-16-06
PH 36-2004, f. & cert. ef. 12-1-04
PH 31-2004(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 10-8-04 thru 4-5-05
PH 3-2003, f. & cert. ef. 3-27-03