The NSW Radiation Control Act and regulation
Creators
- 1. Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW (Australia). Dept. of Nuclear Medicine
Description
The legal control of radiation safety in New South Wales has undergone substantial change in recent years. The long-awaited Regulation to the 1990 Radiation Control Act came into effect on 1 September 1993 (of necessity, as the Regulation to the previous 1957 Radioactive Substances Act expired on that date). It has not met with unanimous acclaim. The Regulation addresses three broad areas, namely - (a) legal controls - licensing, registration, radiation 'experts'; (b) safety matters - workplace management, monitoring, research exposures, transport/disposal, accidents; and (c) miscellaneous -radiation safety officers, committees, penalties, records, This article offers a personal view of the implications for nuclear medicine practice in New South Wales
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Newsletter - Australian and New Zealand Society of Nuclear Medicine
- Journal Volume
- 25
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Journal Page Range
- p. 32-34.
- ISSN
- 0159-8376
- CODEN
- NANMDB
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Australia
- Country of Input or Organization
- Australia
- INIS RN
- 25075023
- Subject category
- S99: GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES; AUSTRALIAN ORGANIZATIONS; IMPLEMENTATION; LEGAL ASPECTS; LEGISLATION; LICENSING; NEW SOUTH WALES; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; RADIATION MONITORING; REGULATORY GUIDES; REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
- Descriptors DEC
- AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DOCUMENT TYPES; MONITORING; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; SAFETY