HEADUARTERS JOINT TASK FORCE SEVEN APO 187 (HOW), c/o Postmaster , San Francisco, Califormia STANDING OPERATING PROCEDURE) NUMBER 15 February 1954 30-2) PERSONNEL Waiver of Maximum Permissible (Radiation) Exposure (LPs) “ « Paragraph PUEPOCSO. sce cc cece es enecenes secceeed Scope. eosneeoeeethe eeteoeapenaneeses ccceeerd Polley. .ccscccccsccccsccccccsececesd Records... soneeenteasee Coseccresesceesdd 1. PURPOSE. This SOP prescribes the procedure to be followed in the ebaiesion of requests for waiver of Maximum Permissible (Radiation) exposure MPE). 2. SCOPE. This SOP applies to this headquarters and to each Task Croup. 3. POLICY. ith the concurrence of the Surgeon General, USA; CNO and the Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, USN; the Surgeon General, USAF; and the Director, Division of Biology and Medicine, ASC, CJTF SEVaN will take final action on requests for waiver of MP< for work accomplished at the Facitic Proving Grounds for ail inaiviauzis assigned or attached to Joint Task Force SEVEN... Requests for waivers will be considered and resolved in ascerdance with the following: a. Basic premises. (1) authority for granting a waiver will not be re-delegated (2) Waiver of the kPs will be used as an emergency measure only. (3) The need and justification for the waiver of KPE will be except, in the absence of CJTF SiVaN, to individuals in the capacity of Acting Commander, Joint Task Force SsVEN. determined on the basis of the technical import and the medical aspects of the proposed work for which the waiver of MPE is requested. This determination will be based upon the recommendations of the Scientific Director, JIF SEVEN, and the Biomedical advisor and Staff Surgeon or, in the absence of the abowe, their designated representatives. (4) Approval of request for waivers will be in terms of autnh- orization to complete a job associated with one specific shot. Utilization of individuals on subsequent shots where exposure to radiation will be expected, will require additional request for waiver. It is the responsibili*7 of the project officer and individual concerned to complete the work witn the ainimum exposure. B-1 PRPC ~