Duty of person carrying out diagnostic or therapeutic procedure
13 Duty of person carrying out diagnostic or therapeutic procedure
This section applies if, under a licence, a person uses a radiation source to carry out a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure involving the irradiation of a person (the treated person).
The person must ensure the treated person does not receive a dose of radiation from the carrying out of the procedure in an amount or a way that does not comply with the request for the diagnostic procedure or prescription for the therapeutic procedure.
Maximum penalty: 1 000 penalty units.
In addition, if another person involved in carrying out the procedure (other than the treated person) receives a dose of radiation in carrying out the procedure, the person carrying out the procedure must ensure the dose received by the other person is not higher than the dose limit prescribed by the Regulations.
Maximum penalty: 1 000 penalty units.
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