Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 19 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES › Division 20 - Division of Community and Public Health › Chapter 10 - Protection Against Ionizing Radiation › Section 19 CSR 20-10.060 - Radiation Exposure Records and Reports

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule requires the user of radiation
				  sources to keep records of personnel exposures, radiation measurements and the
				  receipt and disposal of radioactive materials. It also states the conditions
				  under which personnel exposures and radiation incidents must be
				  reported.
(1) Records of all
				measurements required by
				19 CSR
				20-10.050 shall be kept available by the user for
				inspection by a representative of the department. Personnel monitoring records
				shall include the Social Security number and date of birth of the individual
				concerned.
(2) An accurate
				accounting for all radioactive materials, not specifically exempted by
				19 CSR
				20-10.020, shall be maintained. The records shall show
				the amount of radioactive material received, transferred, decayed in storage
				and disposed of and other information as may be necessary to account for the
				difference between the amount of radioactive material received or produced and
				the amount on hand. The user shall also keep records of the release of
				radioactive materials to the environs sufficient to demonstrate compliance with
				other rules of this chapter. The records shall be maintained and made available
				for inspection for at least five (5) years after final disposition of the
				radioactive material.
(3) Upon
				termination of employment of an individual, the individual or department, or
				both, upon request, shall be supplied with a summary statement of that
				individual's radiation dose. (The estimated maximum dose shall be stated if no
				personnel monitoring has been carried out.) This record shall include
				statements of any circumstances where the dose to the employee from any source
				of radiation exceeded those specified in this chapter. Employee records must be
				kept available for inspection by the department during the tenure of employment
				of an employee and for a period of five (5) years after that.
(4) When it is known or believed that an
				accidental dose to a person in the installation may have exceeded two (2) times
				the amount permitted by applicable sections of 19 CSR20-10.040, all facts
				relative to the occurrence shall be reported in detail to the department within
				seven (7) days of the discovery of the facts, and a copy of the report shall be
				put in that individual's personnel file. The cause of the overexposure shall
				immediately be sought out and corrected.
(5) The loss or theft of any source of
				radiation not exempt from these rules shall be reported immediately to the
				department by telephone and a written report shall be submitted within
				twenty-four (24) hours.
(6) At the
				request of any employee, each user shall advise the employee annually of the
				employee's exposure to radiation as shown in records maintained by the
				user.
(7) Any accident involving
				either a public or private carrier conveying radioactive material shall be
				reported immediately to the Department of Health by telephone and a written
				report shall be submitted within twenty-four (24) hours.
*Original authority: 192.420, RSMo
					 1963.