Singapore legislation

Regulation 19

of Radiation Protection (Non-Ionising Radiation) Regulations

Regulation 19

Radiation accident investigation

Amended byS 517/2019 wef 01/08/2019

Subregulation 1

Where any radiation worker of a licensee has reasonable cause to believe that an incident that is liable to result in any person receiving radiation at a level in excess of any of the exposure limits mentioned in paragraph (2) has taken place —

(a)

that radiation worker must immediately report the circumstances of that incident to the licensee; and

(b)

the licensee must immediately make an investigation or arrange for an investigation to be made.

Subregulation 2

Amended byS 517/2019 wef 01/08/2019

For the purposes of paragraph (1), the exposure limits are as follows:

(a)

the exposure limit specified in Table 3 of the Third Schedule;

(b)

the maximum permissible exposure values specified in IEC 60825-1:2014.