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Radiation Safety Act 1999
sec.39Obligations about personal monitoring records—certain possession licensees
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### sec.39 Obligations about personal monitoring records—certain possession licensees
Subsections (2) and (3) apply to a possession licensee who—
under the licence, possesses a radiation source for a radiation practice; and
provides to another person a personal monitoring device, as required under the licensee’s approved radiation safety and protection plan for the practice.
The licensee must, as soon as practicable after receiving the result of an assessment of the device under the plan, take reasonable steps to make the person aware of the result.
Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
The licensee must allow the person to inspect, at any reasonable time, the personal monitoring record kept by the licensee for the person.
Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
Subsection (5) applies if the person stops being a person to whom the licensee is required to provide a personal monitoring device under the plan.
If asked in writing by the person during the period for which a personal monitoring record is required to be kept by the licensee for the person, the licensee must as soon as practicable give the person a copy of the record.
Maximum penalty for subsection (5) —50 penalty units.
Section 38 (6) states the period for which a personal monitoring record is required to be kept by the licensee for the person.
(sec.39-ssec.1) Subsections (2) and (3) apply to a possession licensee who— under the licence, possesses a radiation source for a radiation practice; and provides to another person a personal monitoring device, as required under the licensee’s approved radiation safety and protection plan for the practice.
(sec.39-ssec.2) The licensee must, as soon as practicable after receiving the result of an assessment of the device under the plan, take reasonable steps to make the person aware of the result. Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
(sec.39-ssec.3) The licensee must allow the person to inspect, at any reasonable time, the personal monitoring record kept by the licensee for the person. Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
(sec.39-ssec.4) Subsection (5) applies if the person stops being a person to whom the licensee is required to provide a personal monitoring device under the plan.
(sec.39-ssec.5) If asked in writing by the person during the period for which a personal monitoring record is required to be kept by the licensee for the person, the licensee must as soon as practicable give the person a copy of the record. Maximum penalty for subsection (5) —50 penalty units. Section 38 (6) states the period for which a personal monitoring record is required to be kept by the licensee for the person.
- (a) under the licence, possesses a radiation source for a radiation practice; and
- (b) provides to another person a personal monitoring device, as required under the licensee’s approved radiation safety and protection plan for the practice.