| (a) All individuals who in the course of employment are likely to receive in a year an occupational dose in excess of 100 millirems (1 millisievert) shall be: (1) kept informed of the storage, transfer, or use of radiation and/or radioactive material; (2) instructed in the health protection problems associated with exposure to radiation and/or radioactive material, in precautions or procedures to minimize exposure, and in the purposes and functions of protective devices employed; (3) instructed in, and required to observe, to the extent within the worker's control, the applicable provisions of commission rules and licenses for the protection of personnel from exposures to radiation and/or radioactive material; (4) instructed of their responsibility to report promptly to the licensee any condition which may lead to or cause a violation of commission rules and licenses or unnecessary exposure
to radiation and/or radioactive material; (5) instructed in the appropriate response to warnings made in the event of any unusual occurrence or malfunction that may involve exposure to radiation and/or radioactive material; and (6) advised as to the radiation exposure reports which workers may request under §336.405 of this title (relating to Notifications and Reports to Individuals). (b) In determining those individuals subject to the requirements of subsection (a) of this section, licensees shall take into consideration assigned activities during normal and abnormal situations involving exposure to radiation and/or radioactive material which can reasonably be expected to occur at a licensed facility. The extent of these instructions shall be commensurate with potential radiological health protection problems present in the work place.
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