Radiological Protection Ordinance
(RPO)

¹ Oc­cu­pa­tion­ally ex­posed per­sons means per­sons who:

a.

in the course of their oc­cu­pa­tion­al activ­it­ies or train­ing may in­cur ex­pos­ure which ex­ceeds a dose lim­it for mem­bers of the pub­lic as spe­cified in Art­icle 22; this is without pre­ju­dice to para­graph 2;

b.

work or un­der­go train­ing at least once a week in con­trolled areas as defined in Art­icle 80; or

c.

work or un­der­go train­ing at least once a week in su­per­vised areas as defined in Art­icle 85 and may thus be ex­posed to an in­creased am­bi­ent dose rate.

2 Per­sons who are sub­ject solely to radon ex­pos­ure at their work­place are only deemed to be oc­cu­pa­tion­ally ex­posed if they may thereby ac­cu­mu­late an ef­fect­ive dose of more than 10 mSv per year (Art. 167 para. 3).

3 The li­cence hold­er, or in the case of air­crew the air­craft op­er­at­or, shall des­ig­nate all oc­cu­pa­tion­ally ex­posed per­sons with­in the en­ter­prise.

4 Li­cence hold­ers, or in the case of air­crew the air­craft op­er­at­or, shall in­form the oc­cu­pa­tion­ally ex­posed per­sons reg­u­larly of:

a.

the ra­di­ation doses to be ex­pec­ted in the course of their work;

b.

the dose lim­its ap­plic­able for them;

c.

the health risks as­so­ci­ated with their work;

d.

the ra­di­olo­gic­al pro­tec­tion meas­ures which must be ob­served for their work;

e.

the risks of ra­di­ation ex­pos­ure for the un­born child.