Annual Report to Workers

[FACTXB@facilities.buffalo.edu (Battaglia, Thomas M.)]

I would like to pose a few questions  to RADSAFE members regarding a 
specific aspect of a  dosimetry policy. New York State  health codes and 
regulations ( and I assume other states)  specify that "each licensee or 
registrant shall advise each  worker annually of the worker's exposure to 
radiation or radioactive materials...".  Here at the University at Buffalo ( 
Radiation Protection Services), we badge over 450 individuals monthly. 
 Although we badge these workers, we have documented data to support our 
policy of not being required to badge because it is highly unlikely they 
would approach ten percent of the annual limit.  We badge mainly for 
liability purposes as others do I assume. My questions are: are we required 
to notify each worker individually at the end of each year? Can the December 
dosimetry report which shows the accumulated dose equivalent for the year, 
posted monthly  in each lab, suffice for this notification? Are we required 
to do anything at all?  Responses from University type settings and others 
 would be greatly appreciated.