S.L. 585.1 Art. 61Protection of outside workers.

(1) The system for individual radiological monitoring shall afford outside workers equivalent protection to that for exposed workers employed on a permanent basis by the undertaking.

(2) The undertaking is responsible, either directly or through contractual agreements with the employer of outside workers, for the operational aspects of the radiation protection of outside workers that are directly related to the nature of their activities in the undertaking.

(3) In particular, as a minimum requirement, the undertaking shall:

(a) for category A workers entering controlled areas, check that the outside worker concerned has been passed as medically fit for the activities to be assigned to the worker;

(b) check whether the categorisation of the outside worker is appropriate in relation to the doses liable to be received within the undertaking;

(c) for entry into controlled areas, ensure that, in addition to the basic training in radiation protection the outside worker has received specific instructions and training in connection with the characteristics of the workplace and the conducted activities, in accordance with paragraphs (c) and (d) of regulation 15(1);

(d) for entry into supervised areas, ensure that the outside worker has received working instructions appropriate to the radiological risk associated with the sources and the operations involved, as required in paragraph (c) of regulation 47(1);

(e) ensure that the outside worker has been issued with the necessary personal protective equipment; individual exposure monitoring appropriate to the nature of the activities, and any operational dosimetric monitoring that may be necessary;

(g) ensure compliance with the system of protection as defined in Part III;

(h) for entry into controlled areas, ensure or take all appropriate steps to ensure that after every activity the radiological data from individual exposure monitoring of each category A outside worker within the meaning of the regulation 54(2), are recorded.

(4) Employers of outside workers ensure, either directly or through contractual agreements with the undertaking, that the radiation protection of their workers is in accordance with the relevant provisions of these regulations, in particular by:

(a) ensuring compliance with the system of protection as defined in Part III;

(b) ensuring that the information and training in the field of radiation protection referred to in paragraphs (a), (b) and (e) of regulation 15(1), regulations 15(2), 15(3), 15(4) is provided;

(c) guaranteeing that their workers are subject to appropriate assessment of exposure and, for category A workers, medical surveillance, under the conditions laid down in regulations 48 and 50 to 59;

(d) ensuring that the radiological data from the individual exposure monitoring of each of their category A workers is kept up to date in the data system for individual radiological monitoring referred to in paragraph (a) of regulation 53.