Haw. Code R. § 11-45-89 - Notification of incidents

(a) Notwithstanding other requirements for notification, each licensee shall immediately report each event involving a source of radiation possessed by the licensee that may have caused or threatens to cause any of the following conditions:

(1) An individual to receive:

(A) A total effective dose equivalent of twenty-five rems (0.25 sievert) or more; or

(B) An eye dose equivalent of seventy-five rems (0.75 sievert) or more; or

(C) A shallow dose equivalent to the skin or extremities of two hundred fifty rads (2.5 grays) or more; or

(2) The release of radioactive material, inside or outside of a restricted area, so that, had an individual been present for twenty-four hours, the individual could have received an intake five times the occupational ALI.

(b) Each licensee shall, within twenty-four hours of discovery of the event, report each event involving loss of control of licensed source of radiation possessed by the licensee that may have caused, or threatens to cause, any of the following conditions:

(1) An individual to receive, in a period of twenty-four hours:

(A) A total effective dose equivalent exceeding five rems (0.05 sievert); or

(B) An eye dose equivalent exceeding fifteen rems (0.15 sievert); or

(C) A shallow dose equivalent to the skin or extremities exceeding fifty rems (0.5 sievert); or

(2) The release of radioactive material, inside or outside of a restricted area, so that, had an individual been present for twenty-four hours, the individual could have received an intake in excess of one occupational ALI.

(c) The licensee shall prepare each report filed with the department pursuant to this section so that names of individuals who have received exposure to sources of radiation are stated in a separate and detachable portion of the report.

(d) Licensees shall make the reports required by subsections (a) and (b) by telephone, telegram, mailgram, or facsimile to the department.

(e) The provisions of this section do not apply to doses that result from planned special exposures, provided such doses are within the limits for planned special exposures and are reported pursuant to section 11-45-91.

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Haw. Code R. § 11-45-89

[Eff 11/12/99] (Auth: HRS §§ 321-10, 321-11, 321-71) (Imp: HRS §§ 321-1, 321-11(21), 321-71)