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51Personal radiation exposure records—the Act, s 40(2) and (3)(f), (h), (i) and (i2)
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#### 51 Personal radiation exposure records—the Act, s 40(2) and (3)(f), (h), (i) and (i2)
51 Personal radiation exposure records—the Act, s 40(2) and (3)(f), (h), (i) and (i2)
> > (1) An employer must ensure a record (a personal radiation exposure record) is kept for each occupationally exposed person to whom the employer is required to provide an approved personal monitoring device that complies with the requirements of subsection (2).
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> > Maximum penalty—
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> > > (a) for an individual—65 penalty units, or
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> > > (b) otherwise—125 penalty units.
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> > (2) The personal radiation exposure record must include the following information about the occupationally exposed person—
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> > > (a) the person’s full name, sex and date of birth,
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> > > (b) details of the personal monitoring device provided to the person,
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> > > (c) the amount of radiation to which the person has been exposed, as measured by the device,
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> > > (d) the results of tests carried out by the employer in relation to the person to determine the amount of radiation to which the person has been exposed,
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> > > (e) the results of monitoring the levels of radiation exposure of the person,
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> > > (f) the date the person started employment, and if applicable, the date the person ended employment, as an occupationally exposed person with the employer,
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> > > (g) the kind of work performed by the person,
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> > > (h) details of the types of ionising radiation to which the person may have been exposed in the course of the person’s employment with the employer, including information about radioactive substances in unsealed form to which the person may have been exposed,
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> > > (i) details of any radiation incidents involving the person, or by which the person may have been affected, in the course of the person’s employment with the employer,
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> > > (j) the person’s current home address or, if the person is no longer employed by the employer, the person’s last known home address.
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> > (3) When the occupationally exposed person leaves the employer’s employment, the employer must—
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> > > (a) give the person a copy of the person’s personal radiation exposure record, and
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> > > (b) if the person is taking up employment as an occupationally exposed person with another employer and the person asks the employer to do so—give a copy of the person’s personal radiation exposure record to the other employer.
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> > Maximum penalty—
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> > > (a) for an individual—65 penalty units, or
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> > > (b) otherwise—125 penalty units.
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> > (4) The employer must ensure that a warning in the following terms accompanies a copy of the personal radiation exposure record given to the occupationally exposed person—
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> > THESE RECORDS SHOULD BE KEPT SAFELY AND PERMANENTLY AND BE GIVEN TO ANY FUTURE EMPLOYER EMPLOYING YOU AS A RADIATION WORKER.
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> > Maximum penalty—
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> > > (a) for an individual—65 penalty units, or
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> > > (b) otherwise—125 penalty units.
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> > (5) The employer must ensure, for as long as the personal radiation exposure record is required to be kept under section 70, the record is available for inspection by the person to whom the record relates at reasonable times during normal working hours.
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> > Maximum penalty—
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> > > (a) for an individual—50 penalty units, or
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> > > (b) otherwise—125 penalty units.