[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 8]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1926.53]

[Page 29-30]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
CHAPTER XVII--OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 
                                OF LABOR
 
PART 1926_SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION--Table of Contents
 
        Subpart D_Occupational Health and Environmental Controls
 
Sec.  1926.53  Ionizing radiation.

    (a) In construction and related activities involving the use of 
sources of ionizing radiation, the pertinent provisions of the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission's Standards for Protection Against Radiation (10 
CFR part 20), relating to protection against occupational radiation 
exposure, shall apply.
    (b) Any activity which involves the use of radioactive materials or 
X-rays, whether or not under license from the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, shall be performed by competent persons specially trained in 
the proper and safe operation of such equipment. In the case of 
materials used under Commission license, only persons actually licensed, 
or competent persons under direction and supervision of the licensee, 
shall perform such work.
    (c)-(r) [Reserved]

    Note: The requirements applicable to construction work under 
paragraphs (c) through (r) of this section are identical to those set

[[Page 30]]

forth at paragraphs (a) through (p) of Sec.  1910.1096 of this chapter.

[44 FR 8577, Feb. 9, 1979; 44 FR 20940, Apr. 6, 1979, as amended at 61 
FR 5510, Feb. 13, 1996; 61 FR 31431, June 20, 1996]