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New Mexico Administrative Code

Part 4

Standards for Protection Against Radiation

State of New Mexico

1Issuing Agency 2Scope 3Statutory Authority 4Duration 5Effective Date 6Objective 7Definitions 8Units of Exposure and Dose 9Units of Activity 10ReservedRepealed 403Implementation 404Radiation Protection Programs 405Occupational Dose Limits for Adults 406Compliance with Requirements for Summation of External and Internal Doses 407Determination of External Dose from Airborne Radioactive Material 408Determination of Internal Exposure 409Determination of Prior Occupational Dose 410Planned Special Exposures 411Occupational Dose Limits for Minors 412Dose Equivalent to an Embryo/Fetus 413Dose Limits for Individual Members of the Public 414Compliance with Dose Limits for Individual Members of the Public 415Testing for Leakage or Contamination of Sealed Sources 416General Requirements for Survey and Monitoring 417Conditions Requiring Individual Monitoring of External and Internal Occupational Dose 418Control of Access to High Radiation Areas 419Control of Access to Very High Radiation Areas 420Control of Access to Very High Radiation Areas - Irradiators 421Use of Process or Other Engineering Controls 422Use of Other Controls 423Use of Individual Respiratory Protection Equipment 424Further Restrictions on the Use of Respiratory Protection Equipment 425Security and Control of Licensed or Registered Sources of Radiation 426Radiological Criteria for License Termination 427Caution Signs 428Posting Requirements 429Exceptions to Posting Requirements 430Labeling Containers and Radiation Machines 431Exemptions to Labeling Requirements 432Procedures for Receiving and Opening Packages 433Waste Disposal - General Requirements 434Method for Obtaining Approval of Proposed Disposal Procedures 435Disposal by Release into Sanitary Sewage 436Treatment or Disposal by Incineration 437Disposal of Specific Wastes 438Transfer for Disposal and Manifests 439Compliance with Environmental and Health Protection Regulations 440Records - General Provisions 441Records of Radiation Protection Programs 442Records of Surveys 443Records of Tests for Leakage or Contamination of Sealed Sources 444Records of Prior Occupational Dose 445Records of Planned Special Exposures 446Records of Individual Monitoring Results 447Records of Dose to Individual Members of the Public 448Records of Waste Disposal 449ReservedRepealed 450Form of Records 451Reports of Stolen, Lost or Missing Licensed or Registered Sources of Radiation 452Notification of Incidents 453Reports of Exposures, Radiation Levels and Concentrations of Radioactive Material Exceeding the Constraints or Limits 454Reports of Planned Special Exposures 455Reports of Transactions Involving Nationally Tracked Sources 456Reports of Individual Monitoring 457Notifications and Reports to Individuals of Exceeding Dose Limits 458Reports of Leaking or Contaminated Sealed Sources 459Vacating Premises 460Appendix a - Protection Factors for Respirators 461N.M. Code R. § 20.3.4.461 462Appendix C - Quantities1 of Licensed Material Requiring Labeling 463ReservedRepealed 464ReservedRepealed 465ReservedRepealed 466N.M. Code R. § 20.3.4.466 467Nationally Tracked Source Thresholds