Table 2.

Other requirements of Directive 2013/59/Euratom with high relevance to imaging

Dose constraints for occupational, public and medical exposure (Art. 6)

Dose limits for occupational exposure including the new limit for the lens of the eyes of 20 mSv in a single year (Art. 9)

Pregnant worker protection (Art. 10)

Education, information and training in the field of medical exposure (Art. 18)

Chapter VI on occupational exposures, in particular:

• Operational protection of exposed workers (Art. 32)

• Operational protection of apprentices and students (Art. 33)

• Consultations with radiation protection experts (Art. 34)

• Controlled and supervised areas (Arts. 37-38)

• Radiological surveillance of the workplace (Art. 39)

• Categorisation of exposed workers (Art. 40)

• Individual monitoring and access to the results (Arts. 41 and 44)

• Medical surveillance of exposed workers (Art. 45)