9Information to be contained in radiation management plans

9 Information to be contained in radiation management plans

(1)  In this regulation –

radiation incident means an incident adversely affecting, or likely to adversely affect, the environment or the health or safety of any person because of the emission of radiation;

radiation safety officer means a person specified as the radiation safety officer in the proposed radiation management plan.

(2)  For the purposes of section 21(2)(e) of the Act, the proposed radiation management plan for any radiation practice must contain the following information:

(a) a brief description of the type and scope of the radiation practice;

(b) a list of the radiation sources dealt with in the radiation practice;

(c) an assessment of the potential hazards from the radiation sources dealt with in the radiation practice;

(d) details of the environment likely to be exposed to radiation during the radiation practice;

(e) the radiation principles, work practices (including quality-assurance procedures) and equipment (including personal radiation monitors) used to ensure that radiation exposure of persons or the environment is as low as is reasonably achievable during typical types of work carried out within the radiation practice;

(f) details of the classes of persons likely to be exposed to radiation during the radiation practice, including –

(i) children; and

(ii) pregnant women; and

(iii) volunteers in biomedical research; and

(iv) persons exempt from section 13(1) of the Act under Part 10 ;

(g) the maximum dose of radiation it is anticipated that a person of a class of persons specified in paragraph (f) will receive while the radiation principles, work practices and equipment referred to in are being used, and the action to be taken if those doses are exceeded;