{"data":{"id":"us-va/12vac5-481-770","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"12VAC5-481-770","heading":"Location of individual monitoring devices","body":"Each licensee or registrant shall ensure that individuals who are required to monitor occupational doses in accordance with 12VAC5-481-760 wear individual monitoring devices as follows:\n\n1. An individual monitoring device used for monitoring the dose to the whole body shall be worn at the unshielded location of the whole body likely to receive the highest exposure. When a protective apron is worn, the location of the individual monitoring device is typically at the neck (collar);\n\n2. An individual monitoring device used for monitoring the dose to an embryo/fetus of a declared pregnant woman, pursuant to 12VAC5-481-710, shall be located at the waist under any protective apron being worn by the woman;\n\n3. An individual monitoring device used for monitoring the eye dose equivalent, to demonstrate compliance with 12VAC5-481-640, shall be located at the neck (collar), outside any protective apron being worn by the monitored individual, or at an unshielded location closer to the eye;\n\n4. An individual monitoring device used for monitoring the dose to the extremities, to demonstrate compliance with 12VAC5-481-640, shall be worn on the extremity likely to receive the highest exposure. Each individual monitoring device shall be oriented to measure the highest dose to the extremity being monitored.","path":["Title 12. Health","Agency 5. Department of Health","Chapter 481. Virginia Radiation Protection Regulations","Part IV. Standards For Protection Against Radiation","Article 6. Surveys and Monitoring"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title12/agency5/chapter481/section770/","current_through":"2026 Regular Session (effective July 1, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:50:26Z","sha256":"71a6be843dad4534a708c31621d2cec04e154f2756f4db808dd8059f1eed9208","source_id":"us-va-vac","stale":false,"prev":"us-va/12vac5-481-760","next":"us-va/12vac5-481-780"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}