S.L. 585.1 Art. 62Specially authorised exposures.

(1) The Secretariat may decide that in exceptional circumstances evaluated case by case, excluding emergencies, where a specific operation so requires, authorise individual occupational exposures of identified workers exceeding the dose limits set out in regulation 9 provided that such exposures are limited in time, confined to certain working areas and within the maximum exposure levels defined for the particular case by the Secretariat. The following conditions shall be taken into account:

(a) only category A workers as defined in regulation 49 may be subject to such exposures;

(b) apprentices, students, pregnant workers, and, if there is a risk of intake or bodily contamination, breastfeeding workers, are excluded from such exposures; advance and thoroughly discuss them with the workers, their representatives, an occupational health service and the radiation protection expert;

(d) information about the risks involved and the precautions to be taken during the operation are provided to the relevant workers in advance;

(e) the workers have consented;

(f) all doses relating to such exposures are separately recorded in the medical record referred to in regulation 58 and the individual record referred to in regulation 52.

(2) The exceeding of dose limits as a result of specially authorised exposures shall not necessarily constitute a reason for excluding workers from their usual occupation or relocating them, without their agreement.

(3) The Secretariat shall be informed if the exposure of spacecraft crew is likely to exceed dose limits and shall ensure that it is managed as a specially authorised exposure.