The department shall require each person who possesses or uses a source of ionizing radiation to maintain appropriate records showing the radiation exposure of all individuals for whom personnel monitoring is required by regulations of the department. Copies of these records and those required to be kept in accordance with Section 115105 shall be submitted to the department upon request.

The department shall adopt reasonable regulations, compatible with those of the United States Atomic Energy Commission, pertaining to reports of exposure of personnel. The regulations shall require that reports of excessive exposure be made to the individual exposed and to the department, and shall make provision for periodic and terminal reports to individuals for whom personnel monitoring is required. § 6411 of the Labor Code shall not be construed as exempting any person from making any report required by this section.

Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 115110

  • Department: means the State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 114985
  • Ionizing radiation: means gamma rays and X-rays. See California Health and Safety Code 114985
  • Person: means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, firm, association, trust, estate, public or private institution, group, agency, political subdivision of this state, any other state or political subdivision or agency thereof, and any legal successor, representative, agent, or agency of the foregoing, other than the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the United States Department of Energy, or any successor thereto, and other than federal government agencies licensed by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, under prime contract to the United States Department of Energy, or any successor thereto. See California Health and Safety Code 114985

(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

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