Hazardous Substances Act, 1973 (Act No. 15 of 1973)RegulationsGroup I to IV Hazardous Substances RegulationsGroup IV Hazardous SubstancesRegulations relating to Group IV Hazardous SubstancesChapter 4 : Safety Standards and Obligations of Persons with regard to Group IV Hazardous Substances23. Dosimetry service |
| 1) |
| a) | For the purposes of these regulations, a holder of an authority shall, in consultation with the Director-General, designate a person or body to be a dosimetry service. |
| b) | The Director-General may, if he is satisfied on scientific grounds that such dosimetry service is in his opinion no longer capable of supplying a safe service, instruct a holder in writing to terminate such designation. |
| 2) | A dosimetry service referred to in subregulation (1) shall— |
| a) | at the request of the holder, supply personal dosimeters for use by the employees of such holder; |
| b) | keep dose records in respect of each such employee and destroy those dose records only with the written permission of the Director-General; |
| c) | send the holder concerned, within 45 days after the end of any wearing period, copies of all dose records he has kept concerning such wearing period; |
| d) | when requested to do so by the holder, furnish to him such copies of the dose records relating to any of his employees as he may require; |
| e) | forthwith send to the Director-General and the holder details of any employee who received, during a wearing period, a dose greater than four millisievert; |
| f) | when requested to do so by the Director-General, furnish to him a copy of any dose record; and |
| g) | make such entry in a dose record as may be required by the Director-General. |