Dose limits – the Ionising Radiation Regulations 19991
#If an employer demonstrates to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) that it cannot meet the 20 mSv/calendar year limit. It may apply this limit after notifying HSE, the employees concerned and the approved dosimetry service.
*The dose limit for persons who are exposed to ionizing radiation from a medical exposure of another person but are not ‘comforters or carers’2 is 5 mSv in any period of 5 consecutive calendar years.
References
1. Crown copyright 1999 with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office.
2. A ‘comforter and carer’ is defined in IRR 99 as an individual who (other than as part of his occupation) knowingly and willingly incurs an exposure to ionizing radiation resulting from the support and comfort of another person who is undergoing or who has undergone any medical exposure.