10 CFR § 835.1301 - General provisions.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t10/s835.1301"
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title: "10 CFR § 835.1301 - General provisions."
title_number: 10
title_name: "Energy"
section_number: "835.1301"
section_name: "General provisions."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY"
part_number: "835"
part_name: "OCCUPATIONAL RADIATION PROTECTION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "42 U.S.C. 2201, 7191; 50 U.S.C. 2410."
regulatory_source: "58 FR 65485, Dec. 14, 1993, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "835"
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# 835.1301 General provisions.

(a) A general employee whose occupational dose has exceeded the numerical value of any of the limits specified in § 835.202 as a result of an authorized emergency exposure may be permitted to return to work in radiological areas during the current year providing that all of the following conditions are met:

(1) Approval is first obtained from the contractor management and the Head of the responsible DOE field organization;

(2) The individual receives counseling from radiological protection and medical personnel regarding the consequences of receiving additional occupational exposure during the year; and

(3) The affected employee agrees to return to radiological work.

(b) All doses exceeding the limits specified in § 835.202 shall be recorded in the affected individual's occupational dose record.

(c) When the conditions under which a dose was received in excess of the limits specified in § 835.202, except those received in accordance with § 835.204, have been eliminated, operating management shall notify the Head of the responsible DOE field organization.

(d) Operations which have been suspended as a result of a dose in excess of the limits specified in § 835.202, except those received in accordance with § 835.204, may be resumed only with the approval of DOE.

[58 FR 65485, Dec. 14, 1993, as amended at 63 FR 59687, Nov. 4, 1998; 72 FR 31927, June 8, 2007]