Radiological Protection Ordinance
(RPO)

1 If a dose lim­it as spe­cified in Art­icle 56 para­graphs 1–3 and Art­icle 57 para­graph 1 is ex­ceeded in an oc­cu­pa­tion­ally ex­posed per­son, then, for the rest of the cal­en­dar year, the per­son con­cerned may ac­cu­mu­late no more than:

a.

an ef­fect­ive dose of 1 mSv;

b.

an equi­val­ent dose of 15 mSv for the lens of the eye, and of 50 mSv for the skin, hands and feet.

2 The right of the su­per­vis­ory au­thor­ity to grant ap­prov­al in ac­cord­ance with Art­icle 56 para­graph 2 is re­served.

3 If the dose lim­it spe­cified in Art­icle 57 para­graph 2 is ex­ceeded, the wo­men con­cerned must not, for the re­mainder of their preg­nancy, be de­ployed in con­trolled or su­per­vised areas as defined in Art­icles 80 and 85.