[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 10, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 10CFR19.12]

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                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
                CHAPTER I--NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
 
PART 19--NOTICES, INSTRUCTIONS AND REPORTS TO WORKERS: INSPECTION AND 
INVESTIGATIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 19.12  Instruction to workers.

    (a) All individuals who in the course of employment are likely to 
receive in a year an occupational dose in excess of 100 mrem (1 mSv) 
shall be--
    (1) Kept informed of the storage, transfer, or use of radiation and/
or radioactive material;
    (2) Instructed in the health protection problems associated with 
exposure to radiation and/or radioactive material, in precautions or 
procedures to minimize exposure, and in the purposes and functions of 
protective devices employed;
    (3) Instructed in, and required to observe, to the extent within the 
workers control, the applicable provisions of Commission regulations and 
licenses for the protection of personnel from exposure to radiation and/
or radioactive material;
    (4) Instructed of their responsibility to report promptly to the 
licensee any condition which may lead to or cause a violation of 
Commission regulations and licenses or unnecessary exposure to radiation 
and/or radioactive material;
    (5) Instructed in the appropriate response to warnings made in the 
event

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of any unusual occurrence or malfunction that may involve exposure to 
radiation and/or radioactive material; and
    (6) Advised as to the radiation exposure reports which workers may 
request pursuant to Sec. 19.13.
    (b) In determining those individuals subject to the requirements of 
paragraph (a) of this section, licensees must take into consideration 
assigned activities during normal and abnormal situations involving 
exposure to radiation and/or radioactive material which can reasonably 
be expected to occur during the life of a licensed facility. The extent 
of these instructions must be commensurate with potential radiological 
health protection problems present in the work place.

[60 FR 36043, July 13, 1995]