California Code of Regulations › Title 17 - Public Health › Division 1 - State Department of Health Services › Chapter 5 - Sanitation (Environmental) › Subchapter 4 - Radiation › Group 3 - Standards for Protection Against Radiation › Article 2 - Notices, Instructions, and Reports to Workers; Inspections and Investigations › Section 30255 - Notices, Instructions, and Reports to Personnel

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) This section establishes requirements for
						notices, instructions, and reports by users to individuals engaged in work under a
						license or registration and options available to such individuals in connection with
						Department inspections of licensees or registrants to ascertain compliance with the
						provisions of the Radiation Control Law and regulations, orders, and licenses issued
						thereunder regarding radiological working conditions. The requirements in this
						section apply to all persons who receive, possess, use, own or transfer material
						licensed by or registered with the Department.
(b) Each user shall:
(1) Inform all individuals working in or
						frequenting any portion of a controlled area of the storage, transfer, or use of
						radioactive materials or of radiation in such portions of the controlled area;
						instruct such individuals in the health protection problems associated with exposure
						to such radioactive materials or radiation, in precautions or procedures to minimize
						exposure, and in the purposes and functions of protective devices employed; instruct
						such individuals in, and instruct them to observe, to the extent within their
						control, the applicable provisions of Department regulations and license conditions
						for the protection of personnel from exposures to radiation or radioactive materials
						occurring in such areas; instruct such individuals of their responsibility to report
						promptly to the licensee or registrant any condition which may lead to or cause a
						violation of department regulations or license conditions or unnecessary exposure to
						radiation or radioactive material, and of the inspection provisions of Section
						30254; instruct such individuals in the
						appropriate response to warnings made in the event of any unusual occurrence or
						malfunction that may involve exposure to radiation or radioactive materials; and
						advise such individuals as to the radiation exposure reports which they may request
						pursuant to this section. The extent of these instructions shall be commensurate
						with potential radiological health protection problems in the controlled
						area.
(2) Conspicuously post a current
						copy of this regulation, a copy of applicable licenses for radioactive material, and
						a copy of operating and emergency procedures applicable to work with sources of
						radiation. If posting of documents specified in this paragraph is not practicable
						the user may post a notice which describes the document and states where it may be
						examined.
(3) Conspicuously post a
						current copy of Department Form RH-2364 (Notice to Employees) in a sufficient number
						of places to permit individuals working in or frequenting any portion of a
						controlled area to observe a copy on the way to or from such area.
(4) Conspicuously post any notice of violation
						involving radiological working conditions or any order issued pursuant to the
						Radiation Control Law and any required response from the user. Department documents
						posted pursuant to this paragraph shall be posted within two working days after
						receipt of the documents from the Department; the user's response, if any, shall be
						posted within two working days after dispatch by the user. Such documents shall
						remain posted for a minimum of five working days or until action correcting the
						violation has been completed, whichever is later.
(5) Assure that documents, notices, or forms
						posted pursuant to this section shall appear in a sufficient number of places to
						permit individuals engaged in work under the license or registration to observe them
						on the way to or from any particular work location to which the document applies,
						shall be conspicuous, and shall be replaced if defaced or altered.
(6) Provide reports to any individual of their
						radiation exposure data and the results of any measurements, analyses, and
						calculations of radioactive material deposited or retained in the body of that
						individual as specified in this section. The information reported shall include data
						and results obtained pursuant to Department regulations, orders, or license
						conditions, as shown in records maintained by the user pursuant to Department
						regulations. Each notification and report shall: be in writing; include appropriate
						identifying data such as the name of the user, the name of the individual, the
						individual's Social Security number; include the individual's exposure information;
						and contain the following statement:
"This report is furnished to you under the provisions of the
						  California State Department of Public Health Regulations: Standards for Protection
						  Against Radiation. You should preserve this report for future reference."
These reports shall be provided as follows:
(A) Each user shall advise each worker annually of
						the worker's dose as shown in records maintained by the user pursuant to title 10,
						Code of Federal Regulations, part 20, (10 CFR 20), section
						20.2106 as incorporated by reference in
						section 30253. The user shall provide an annual
						report to each monitored individual pursuant to section
						20.1502, incorporated by reference in
						section 30253, of the dose received in that
						monitoring year if:
1. The individual's
						occupational dose exceeds 100 mrem total effective dose equivalent or 100 mrem to
						any individual organ or tissue; or
2.
						The individual requests his or her annual dose report.
(B) At the request of a worker formerly engaged in
						work controlled by the user, the user shall furnish to the worker a report of the
						worker's exposure to radiation or radioactive material as shown in records
						maintained by the user pursuant to
						10 CFR
						20, section
						20.2106 that has been incorporated by
						reference in section
						30253, for each year the worker was
						required to be monitored pursuant to section
						20.1502 and for each year the worker
						was required to be monitored under the monitoring requirements in effect prior to
						March 3, 1994. Such report shall be furnished within 30 days from the time the
						request is made, or within 30 days after the exposure of the individual has been
						determined by the user, whichever is later. This report shall cover the period of
						time that the worker's activities involved exposure to radiation from radioactive
						material licensed by, or radiation machines registered with, the Department and
						shall include the dates and locations of work under the license or registration in
						which the worker participated during this period.
(C) When a user is required pursuant to
						10 CFR
						20, sections
						20.2202,
						20.2203, or
						20.2204, as incorporated by reference
						in section 30253, to report to the Department any
						exposure of an individual to radiation or radioactive material, the user shall also
						provide the individual a report on his exposure data included therein. Such reports
						shall be transmitted at a time not later than the transmittal to the
						Department.
(D) At the request of a
						worker who is terminating employment with the user that involved exposure to
						radiation or radioactive materials, during the current calendar quarter or the
						current year, each user shall provide at termination to each worker, or to the
						worker's designee, a written report regarding the radiation dose received by that
						worker from operations of the user during the current year or fraction thereof. If
						the most recent individual monitoring results are not available at that time, a
						written estimate of the dose must be provided together with a clear indication that
						this is an estimate.