Section 346.550  Personnel Monitoring

a)         Personnel monitoring shall be provided in accordance with the requirements of 32 Ill. Adm. Code 340.510(d), (e) and (f).

b)         Each personnel dosimeter shall be assigned to and worn by only one person.  Film badges shall be processed at least monthly, and other personnel dosimeters shall be processed at least quarterly.

c)         Other personnel who enter the radiation room of a panoramic irradiator shall wear a dosimeter, which may be a pocket dosimeter.  For groups of visitors, only 2 people who enter the radiation room are required to wear dosimeters.  If pocket dosimeters are used to meet the requirements of this subsection, a check of their response to radiation shall be done at least annually.  Acceptable dosimeters shall read within ±30 percent of the true radiation dose.