[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 10, Volume 4]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 10CFR835.202]

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                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
                    CHAPTER III--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
PART 835--OCCUPATIONAL RADIATION PROTECTION--Table of Contents
 
         Subpart C--Standards for Internal and External Exposure
 
Sec. 835.202  Occupational dose limits for general employees.

    (a) Except for planned special exposures conducted consistent with 
Sec. 835.204 and emergency exposures authorized in accordance with 
Sec. 835.1302, the occupational dose received by general employees shall 
be controlled such that the following limits are not exceeded in a year:
    (1) A total effective dose equivalent of 5 rems (0.05 sievert);
    (2) The sum of the deep dose equivalent for external exposures and 
the committed dose equivalent to any organ or tissue other than the lens 
of the eye of 50 rems (0.5 sievert);
    (3) A lens of the eye dose equivalent of 15 rems (0.15 sievert); and
    (4) A shallow dose equivalent of 50 rems (0.5 sievert) to the skin 
or to any extremity.
    (b) All occupational doses received during the current year, except 
doses

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resulting from planned special exposures conducted in compliance with 
Sec. 835.204 and emergency exposures authorized in accordance with 
Sec. 835.1302, shall be included when demonstrating compliance with 
Secs. 835.202(a) and 835.207.
    (c) Doses from background, therapeutic and diagnostic medical 
radiation, and participation as a subject in medical research programs 
shall not be included in dose records or in the assessment of compliance 
with the occupational dose limits.

[58 FR 65485, Dec. 14, 1993, as amended at 63 FR 59682, Nov. 4, 1998]