# 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 336.305: 30 TAC § 336.305. Occupational Dose Limits for Adults > Texas · Regulations · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_TAC_T30_P1_C336_S336_305 ## Section - **Citation:** 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 336.305 - **Heading:** 30 TAC § 336.305. Occupational Dose Limits for Adults - **Jurisdiction:** Texas - **Kind:** Regulations - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** Texas Administrative Code / Title 30 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY / Part 1 TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY / Chapter 336 RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCE RULES / 30 TAC § 336.305 ## Text (a) The licensee shall control the occupational dose to individual adults, except for planned special exposures under §336.310 of this title (relating to Planned Special Exposures), to the following dose limits: (1) an annual limit, which is the more limiting of: (A) the total effective dose equivalent being equal to 5 rems (0.05 sievert); or (B) the sum of the deep-dose equivalent and the committed dose equivalent to any individual organ or tissue other than the lens of the eye being equal to 50 rems (0.5 sievert). (2) the annual limits to the lens of the eye, to the skin of the whole body, and to the skin of the extremities, which are: (A) a lens dose equivalent of 15 rems (0.15 sievert), and (B) a shallow-dose equivalent of 50 rems (0.5 sievert) to the skin of the whole body or to the skin of any extremity. (b) Doses received in excess of the annual limits, including doses received during accidents, emergencies, and planned special exposures, shall be subtracted from the limits for planned special exposures that the individual may receive during the current year and during the individual's lifetime. See §336.310(5)(A) and (B) of this title. (c) When the external exposure is determined by measurement with an external personal monitoring device, the deep-dose equivalent must be used in place of the effective dose equivalent, unless the effective dose equivalent is determined by a dosimetry method approved by the executive director. The assigned deep-dose equivalent must be for the part of the body receiving the highest exposure. The assigned shallow-dose equivalent must be the dose averaged over the contiguous ten square centimeters of skin receiving the highest exposure. The deep-dose equivalent, lens dose equivalent, and shallow-dose equivalent may be assessed from surveys or other radiation measurements for the purpose of demonstrating compliance with the occupational dose limits, if the individual monitoring device was not in the region of highest potential exposure or the results of individual monitoring are unavailable. (d) Derived air concentration (DAC) and annual limit on intake (ALI) values are specified in Table I of §336.359, Appendix B, of this title (relating to Appendix B. Annual Limits on Intake (ALI) and Derived Air Concentrations (DAC) of Radionuclides for Occupational Exposure; Effluent Concentrations; Concentrations for Release to Sanitary Sewerage) and may be used to determine the individual's dose and to demonstrate compliance with the occupational dose limits. See §336.346 of this title (relating to Records of Individual Monitoring Results). (e) In addition to the annual dose limits, the licensee shall limit the soluble uranium intake by an individual to 10 milligrams in a week in consideration of chemical toxicity. See note 3 of §336.359, Appendix B, of this title. (f) The licensee shall reduce the dose that an individual may be allowed to receive in the current year by the amount of occupational dose received while employed by any other person. See §336.309(e) of this title (relating to Determination of Prior Occupational Dose). ## Nearby sections - [30 Tex. Admin. Code § 336.301 30 TAC § 336.301. 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