- Laws of Fiji

Last Updated: 1 December 2016

[RH 25] Nature and content of radiation safety and protection plan25

(1) A radiation safety and protection plan, for a radiation practice, is a plan for the practice for which a possession licensee is allowed to possess a radiation source under the licence.

(2) The plan must state the following—

(a)particulars of and an assessment of all the radiation hazards specific to the practice and source the licensee knows, or ought reasonably to know, exist or might arise;
(b)the radiation safety and protection measures to deal with the hazards;
(c)any other measures necessary to deal with the hazards;
(d)how the licensee proposes to monitor and review the implementation and effectiveness of the measures;
(e)the functions of the radiation safety officer to be appointed for the practice;
(f)particulars of a training programme for persons carrying out the practice;
(g)other particulars which may be prescribed by regulations.

(3) If a person, other than a person being irradiated as part of a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure, may receive from the carrying out of the practice a radiation dose higher than the radiation dose limit prescribed under a regulation, the plan must provide for—

(a)the supply of a personal monitoring device to the person; and
(b)the assessment of the device.

(4) The plan must be written in a way likely to be understood easily by persons who carry out the practice with the source.

(5) The plan must be dated and signed by the licensee.

(6) In this section, radiation safety and protection measures are measures, prescribed under regulations, for preventing or minimising health risks to any person arising from exposure to radiation from the carrying out of a radiation practice.