Arizona Administrative Code › Title 9 - HEALTH SERVICES › Chapter 7 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES - RADIATION CONTROL › Article 10 - NOTICES, INSTRUCTIONS, AND REPORTS TO RADIATION WORKERS; INSPECTIONS › Exhibit A - Form ARRA-6 (2012) Notice to Employees

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
ARRA-6 (2012) Arizona Department of Health Services,
				  Bureau of Radiation Control
NOTICE TO EMPLOYEES
STANDARDS FOR PROTECTION AGAINST RADIATION; NOTICES,
				  INSTRUCTIONS, AND REPORTS TO WORKERS;
INSPECTIONS
In Article 4 of the Arizona Department of Health Services,
				  Bureau of Radiation Control rules for the Control of Radiation, the Arizona
				  Department of Health Services, Bureau of Radiation Control has established
				  standards for your protection against radiation hazards. In Article 10 of the
				  rules for the Control of Radiation, the Arizona Department of Health Services,
				  Bureau of Radiation Control has established certain provisions for the options
				  of workers engaged in work under a license or registration issued by the
				  Arizona Department of Health Services, Bureau of Radiation Control.
YOUR EMPLOYER'S RESPONSIBILITY
Your employer is required to -
1. Apply these rules to work involving
				sources of radiation.
2. Post or
				otherwise make available to you a copy of the Arizona Department of Health
				Services, Bureau of Radiation Control rules, licenses, and operating procedures
				which apply to work you are engaged in, and explain their provisions to
				you.
3. Post notice of violation
				involving radiological working conditions, proposed imposition of civil
				penalties, and orders.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A WORKER
You should familiarize yourself with those provisions of the
				  Arizona Department of Health Services, Bureau of Radiation Control rules and
				  the operating procedures which apply to the work you are engaged in. You should
				  observe their provisions for your own protection and protection of your
				  co-workers.
WHAT IS COVERED BY THESE RULES
1. Limits on exposure to radiation and
				radioactive material in restricted and unrestricted areas;
2. Measures to be taken after accidental
				exposure;
3. Personnel monitoring,
				surveys, and equipment;
4. Caution
				signs, labels, and safety interlock equipment;
5. Exposure records and reports;
6. Options for workers regarding inspections
				by the Arizona Department of Health Services, Bureau of Radiation Control;
				and
7. Related matters.
REPORTS ON YOUR RADIATION EXPOSURE
				  HISTORY
1. The Arizona
				Department of Health Services, Bureau of Radiation Control rules require that
				your employer give you a written report if you receive an exposure in excess of
				any applicable limit set forth in the rules or in the license. The basic limits
				for exposure to employees are set forth in Article 4 of the rules. These
				Sections specify limits on exposure to radiation and exposure to concentrations
				of radioactive material in air and water.
2. If you work where personnel monitoring is
				required, and if you request information on your radiation exposures,
a. Your employer must give you a written
				report, upon termination of your employment, of your radiation exposures;
				and
b. Your employer must advise
				you annually of your exposure to radiation.
INSPECTIONS
All licensed or registered activities are subject to
				  inspection by representatives of the Arizona Department of Health Services,
				  Bureau of Radiation Control. In addition, any worker or representative of
				  workers who believes that there is a violation of the regulations issued
				  thereunder, or the terms of the employer's license or rules with regard to
				  radiological working conditions in which the worker is engaged, may request an
				  inspection by sending a notice of the alleged violation to the Arizona
				  Department of Health Services, Bureau of Radiation Control. The request must
				  set forth the specific grounds for the notice and must be signed by the worker
				  on his own behalf or as a representative of the workers. During inspections,
				  inspectors of the Arizona Department of Health Services, Bureau of Radiation
				  Control may confer privately with workers, and any worker may bring to the
				  attention of the inspectors any past or present condition which he believes
				  contributed to or caused any violation as described above.
INQUIRIES
Inquiries dealing with the matters outlined above can be sent
				  to the:
ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES, BUREAU OF
				  RADIATION CONTROL
POSTING REQUIREMENT
IN ACCORDANCE WITH A.A.C. R9-7-1002, COPIES OF THIS NOTICE
				  SHALL BE POSTED IN SUCH A MANNER TO PERMIT EMPLOYEES WORKING IN OR FREQUENTING
				  ANY PORTION OF A RESTRICTED AREA, USED FOR ACTIVITIES LICENSED OR REGISTERED
				  PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 2 OR ARTICLE 3 OF THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
				  SERVICES, BUREAU OF RADIATION CONTROL'S RULES, TO OBSERVE A COPY OR COPIES ON
				  THE WAY TO OR FROM THEIR WORK AREA.