South Australian Numbered Regulations South Australian Numbered Regulations26—Specified employer to investigate exposure of radiation workers to certain ionising radiation doses
(1) If a radiation worker's cumulative effective dose received from ionising radiation in any calendar year exceeds a value (in millisievert) of 0.5 multiplied by n, where "n" is the number of months since the beginning of the calendar year for which data are available, the specified employer must cause an investigation to be carried out immediately to ascertain whether the exposure of the worker to ionising radiation is in accordance with the general objective.
(2) If an investigation is carried out under this regulation, the person carrying out the investigation must—
(a) compile a written report of the investigation made by him or her; and
(b) hand the report to the specified employer immediately after it is completed.
(3) If—
(a) subregulation (1)
applies to more than 1 radiation worker; and
(b) all such radiation workers are employed in circumstances that are similar as to radiation exposure and the methods by which such exposure is controlled,
then, for the purposes of this regulation, all of those radiation workers will be regarded as a class, and it will be sufficient compliance with this regulation if there is 1 investigation and a report of that investigation, both of which relate to the radiation workers of the class.
(4) If a radiation worker's cumulative effective dose received from ionising radiation in any calendar year exceeds a value of n in millisievert (where "n" is the number of months since the beginning of the calendar year for which data are available), the specified employer must immediately give the Minister a notice in writing informing the Minister of that fact.
(5) For the purposes of this regulation, the effective dose received by a radiation worker from ionising radiation will be taken to be the dose as measured by a personal monitoring device or devices worn in accordance with regulation 17
.
Division 6—Radiation incidents, radiation accidents and radiation emergencies