L-0.2, r. 1 - Regulation respecting the application of the Act respecting medical laboratories and organ and tissue conservation

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2012-09-01

SCHEDULE 8

(ss. 143, 150, 174, 183, 185 and 190)

MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE (MPD) EQUIVALENTS

Table 1

Maximum permissible radiation dose (MPD) equivalents, excluding doses received for medical and paramedical purposes and natural background radiation, for:

(1) persons of 16 and 17 years of age directly assigned to work under x-rays;

(2) persons not directly assigned to work under x-rays;

(3) members of the public.

	
            Organ or tissue                                Maximum permissible dose
                                                          (MPD) equivalents in rems

                                                                   Per year           

Whole body, gonads, red bone marrow, lens of eye                      0.5

Bone, skin                                                            3

Thyroid 

   (a) persons under 16 years of age                                  1.5

   (b) person 16 years of age and over                                3 

Any tissue of the hands, forearms, feet and ankles                    7.5

Other single organs or tissues                                        1.5 
 

MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE (MPD) EQUIVALENTS

Table 2

Maximum permissible dose (MPD) equivalents of radiation for persons of 18 years of age and over who are directly assigned to work under x-rays excluding doses received for medical and para-medical purposes and natural background radiation.

	
            Organ or tissue                                Maximum permissible dose
                                                          (MPD) equivalents in rems

                                                          Quarterly          Yearly 

Whole body, gonads, red bone marrow, lens of eye              3                 5

Bone, skin, thyroid                                          15                30
   
Any tissue of the hands, forearms, feet and ankles           38                75

Other single organs or tissues                                8                15
 

MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE (MPD) EQUIVALENTS

Table 3

Maximum permissible dose (MPD) equivalents of radiation for women of reproductive capacity assigned to work under x-rays excluding doses received for medical and para-medical purposes and natural background radiation.

	
            Organ or tissue                                Maximum permissible dose
                                                          (MPD) equivalents in rems

                                                          Quarterly          Yearly 

Whole body, gonads, red bone marrow, lens of eye              1.3*              5*

Bone, skin, thyroid                                          15                30
   
Any tissue of the hands, forearms, feet and ankles           38                75

Other single organs or tissues                                8                15
 

*The dose to the abdomen must not exceed 0.2 rem over a 2-week period and, if the woman is pregnant, such dose must not exceed 1.5 rem per year.

R.R.Q., 1981, c. P-35, r. 1, Sch. 8.