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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 12. Health
Agency 5. Department of Health
Chapter 481. Virginia Radiation Protection Regulations
10/31/2025

12VAC5-481-3580. Table of organ doses.

Part of Body

Column I (rem)

Column II (rem)

Column III (rem)

Column IV (rem)

Whole body; head and trunk; active blood-forming organs; gonads; or lens of eye

0.001

0.01

0.5

15

Hands and forearms; feet and ankles; localized areas of skin averaged over areas no larger than 1 square centimeter

0.015

0.15

7.5

200

Other organs

0.003

0.03

1.5

50

Statutory Authority

§ 32.1-229 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 22, Issue 25, eff. September 20, 2006; amended, Virginia Register Volume 24, Issue 18, eff. June 12, 2008.

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