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sec.58Exposure of particular persons— Act , ss 37 and 41
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### sec.58 Exposure of particular persons— Act , ss 37 and 41
This section applies if—
a use licensee, under the licence, uses an ionising radiation source to carry out a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure involving the irradiation of a person as the treated person; and
a person, other than the treated person, involved in carrying out the procedure is exposed to ionising radiation.
For sections 37 (2) (c) (i) and 41 (5) of the Act , the radiation dose limit prescribed for the exposure of the person involved in carrying out the diagnostic or therapeutic procedure to ionising radiation from the radiation source is a total effective dose of 5mSv in any 12-month period.
Subsection (2) does not apply if the exposure is an occupational exposure to the ionising radiation.
(sec.58-ssec.1) This section applies if— a use licensee, under the licence, uses an ionising radiation source to carry out a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure involving the irradiation of a person as the treated person; and a person, other than the treated person, involved in carrying out the procedure is exposed to ionising radiation.
(sec.58-ssec.2) For sections 37 (2) (c) (i) and 41 (5) of the Act , the radiation dose limit prescribed for the exposure of the person involved in carrying out the diagnostic or therapeutic procedure to ionising radiation from the radiation source is a total effective dose of 5mSv in any 12-month period.
(sec.58-ssec.3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the exposure is an occupational exposure to the ionising radiation.
- (a) a use licensee, under the licence, uses an ionising radiation source to carry out a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure involving the irradiation of a person as the treated person; and
- (b) a person, other than the treated person, involved in carrying out the procedure is exposed to ionising radiation.