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Approval of personal monitoring devices and providers

Applications from organisations seeking approval to supply personal monitoring services and personal monitoring devices (PMDs) in NSW are assessed against the following criteria:

1. Whether the organisation is accredited by the National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA), or equivalent.
2. Whether the personal monitoring device/s:

1. will respond to the type(s) of radiation to which its wearer is exposed
2. will provide measurements of exposure within the following ranges:

• 15 keV to 1.5 MeV for photons,
• 0.2 MeV to 3.5 MeV (Emax) for beta radiation, and
• thermal energy to 15 MeV for neutrons

3. will measure the personal dose equivalent H_p(d) in soft tissue below a specified point on the body at an appropriate depth
4. will measure external radiation doses over the range 20 µSv to 10 Sv
5. that the measurements and calibration of each personal monitoring device are traceable to an appropriate standard i.e. are traceable to a national primary standard or secondary or tertiary standard that is traceable to the national primary standard.

Applications from organisations seeking approval to sell personal monitoring devices that are calibrated overseas are also assessed against the above criteria.

All applications must include a profile of the organisation and specifications for each device.