Your employer is required to:

• Apply these Department of Health Regulations and any conditions of his radioactive materials license to all work involving radiation sources.
• Post or otherwise make available to you a copy of the regulations, licenses and operating procedures which apply to work you are engaged in, and explain their provisions to you. Copies may be obtained from the Radiation Safety Office.
• Post Notice of Violation involving radiological working conditions, proposed imposition of civil penalties and orders.

The Department of Health regulations require that your employer give you a written report if you receive an exposure in excess of any applicable limit as set forth in the regulations or in the license. The basic limits for exposure to employees are set forth in Section D.101, D.103 and D.104 of the regulations. These sections specify limits on exposure to radiation and exposure to concentrations of radioactive material in air and water.

If you work where personnel monitoring is required pursuant to Section D.202:

• Your employer must give you a written report of your radiation exposure upon the termination of employment if you request it.
• Your employer must advise you annually of your exposure to radiation.

All licensed or registered activities are subject to inspection by representatives of the Department of Health. In addition, any worker or representative of workers who believes that there is a violation of the Rules and Regulations for Ionizing Radiation or the terms of the employer's license or registration with regard to radiological working conditions in which the worker is engaged may request an inspection by sending a notice of the alleged violation to the Bureau of Radiological Health. The request must set forth the specific grounds for the notice, and must be signed by the worker or the representative of the workers. If requested, anonymity will be maintained. During inspections agency inspectors may confer privately with the workers and any worker may bring to the attention of the inspector any past or present condition which he believes contributed to or caused any violation as described above. No licensee or registrant shall discharge or in any manner discriminate against any worker because such worker has filed any complaint or instituted or caused to instituted any proceeding under these regulations or has testified or is about to testify in any such proceeding or because of the exercise by such worker on behalf of himself or others of any option afforded by this part.

Inquires dealing with matters outlined above can be sent to the Bureau of Radiological Health, 910 James Madison Building, 109 Governor Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, Telephone (804)786-5932 or the Radiation Safety Office, Radford University, Radford, Virginia 24142, Telephone (540)831-5860.