Council Directive 2013/59/EuratomShow full title

Article 51 U.K. Protection of outside workers

1. Member States shall ensure that the system for individual radiological monitoring affords outside workers equivalent protection to that for exposed workers employed on a permanent basis by the undertaking.

2. Member States shall ensure that 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, Member States shall ensure that, 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 points (c) and (d) of Article 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 point (c) of Article 38(1);

(e) ensure that the outside worker has been issued with the necessary personal protective equipment;

(f) ensure that the outside worker receives 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 Chapter 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 Annex X, Section B, point 2, are recorded.

4. Member States shall ensure that 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 this Directive, in particular by:

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

(b) ensuring that the information and training in the field of radiation protection referred to in points (a), (b) and (e) of Article 15(1), Article 15(2), (3) and (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 Articles 39 and 41 to 49;

(d) ensuring that the radiological data from the individual exposure monitoring of each of their category A workers within the meaning of Annex X, Section B, point 1, are kept up to date in the data system for individual radiological monitoring referred to in point (d) of Article 44(1).

5. Member States shall ensure that all outside workers make their own contributions, as far as practicable, towards the protection to be afforded to them by the radiological monitoring system referred to in paragraph 1, without prejudice to the responsibilities of the undertaking or employer.