Singapore legislation
Regulation 16
of Radiation Protection (Ionising Radiation) Regulations 2023
Regulation 16
Requirements for engaging in radiation work
Subregulation 1
An individual must not engage or participate in any radiation work unless the individual —
is registered as a radiation worker in accordance with these Regulations; or
is a registered or enrolled student of an educational institution who, in the course of the individual’s studies, conducts any activity involving the handling or use of irradiating apparatus or radioactive materials under the direct supervision of a registered radiation worker authorised to conduct such activity.
Subregulation 2
An individual must not be registered as a radiation worker unless the individual —
has, within 12 months prior to the individual’s application for registration as a radiation worker, undergone a medical examination, which must include any examination that may be required by the Director‑General (such as a full blood examination), and been certified fit to be engaged in radiation work by an approved registered medical practitioner; and
has been adequately trained to do such work or fully instructed to do such work in all the working procedures and rules and the emergency procedures appropriate to the individual’s duty and been adequately informed of the hazards associated with such work.
Subregulation 3
Every application for registration as a radiation worker must be made to the Director‑General in such form as the Director‑General may require.
Subregulation 4
The fee specified in the Fifth Schedule is payable for every application under paragraph (3).
Subregulation 5
Every individual registered as a radiation worker is entitled to receive a certificate of registration that must specify the type of radiation work that the individual is authorised to engage in and for the period stated in the certificate.
Subregulation 6
An individual must not engage in radiation work other than that specified in the individual’s registration certificate.
Subregulation 7
Every registered radiation worker must pay the annual fee specified in the Fifth Schedule on or before each anniversary of —
the date on which the certificate was granted; or
any other date that the Director‑General may specify in a particular case.
Subregulation 8
The Director‑General may, if he or she thinks fit, refuse to register any applicant as a radiation worker if the Director‑General is satisfied that —
the applicant is not a fit or proper person to be registered as a radiation worker;
it is not in the public interest to register the applicant; or
the registration of the applicant may pose a threat to public order or the national security of Singapore.
Subregulation 9
The Director‑General may register an individual as a radiation worker, subject to any condition that the Director‑General thinks fit to impose and these conditions may be varied, added to or revoked by the Director‑General.
Subregulation 10
The Director‑General may, in his or her discretion, cancel or suspend, for any period that he or she may determine, the registration of any radiation worker or vary any condition, limitation or exception imposed on the registration if he or she is satisfied that —
the radiation worker is not a fit or proper person to continue to be registered;
it is in the public interest to do so; or (c)it is in the interests of the maintenance of public order or the national security of Singapore to do so.
Subregulation 11
For the purposes of paragraphs (8) and (10), in determining whether an applicant or a radiation worker (as the case may be) is or is not a fit or proper person to be or continue to be registered, the Director‑General may, if he or she thinks it is necessary, take into consideration that the applicant or radiation worker has been convicted of an offence under the Act or any of its regulations, or any other offence involving fraud, dishonesty or moral turpitude.
Subregulation 12
Paragraph (11) does not limit the matters which the Director‑General may take into consideration in determining for the purposes of paragraphs (8) and (10) whether an applicant or a radiation worker (as the case may be) is or is not a fit or proper person to be or continue to be registered.
Subregulation 13
The Director‑General may, in his or her discretion, cancel or suspend, for any period that he or she may determine or vary any condition, limitation or exception attached to the registration of any radiation worker if the radiation worker —
has obtained the registration by means of a false or misleading statement or an omission which makes the statement false or misleading;
commits an offence under the Act or any of its regulations;
commits a breach of or fails to comply with or observe any of the conditions or limitations of the registration; or
is unable to act by reason of illness, disability or any other reason.
Subregulation 14
The Director‑General may, in his or her discretion, cancel or suspend, for any period that he or she may determine, the registration of any radiation worker if the radiation worker fails to pay the annual fee or any part of the fee for that registration on or before the last day prescribed in paragraph (7) for the payment of that fee.
Subregulation 15
The Director‑General may, in any particular case or class of cases, exempt from registration radiation workers engaged in radiation work, provided that the work is not liable to result in any individual receiving a radiation dose exceeding one‑tenth of the appropriate dose limit for radiation workers as specified in Part 1 of the Second Schedule.