Regulatory Guide 1.134
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| Issue date: | 09/30/1977 |
| From: | Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research |
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| Revelle C R | |
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| RG-1.134 | |
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U.S. NUCLEAR RIEGULATORY
COMMRSSION
September
1977 OFFICE OF STANDA RDS DEVELOPMIENT
REGULA"fORV
GUIDE 1.134 M!EDICAL CERTIFICATION
AND MONITORING
OF PERSONNEL
REQUIRING
OPERATOR LICENSES
A. INTRODUCTION
Section 55.11, "Requirements for the Approval of Appli catio n s ," and §55.3 3 , "Renewal of Li ce n ses," of 10 CF R Par t SS, "Operators'
L ic enses," requir e th a t the ph ysica l co nditi on a nd general h ealt h o f ap plcan ts f o r an in itial o r renewal opera t or or se ni or o p er<Jtor l icense are not suc h as might cause ope r ational errors endangering puhlic health anct safety. Secti on 55.1 0 , "Contents of Applications," a nd §55.33 of 10 CF R Part 55 require that each p l ica ti on for an initial or r enewal operator or senior opera t or l ict n se contain a rep o rt of rm:d ica l ex a mintion by a licensed medical pra c titioner in the prescrihcd in §55.60, " Ex<Jm ina tion F o r m." Th is guide descr i bes a meth od acce p table to t heN R C staff for comp l y in g with the CommissiOn'
s for eva luat io n of the med ica l qualific:llions of appli c ants for '*-;*!al or renew a l o perator or seni or operat or licenses. B.
Section 55.60 of 1 0 CFR Part 55 ,;i equir es th e licensed medical pr ac t i t ioner and the applicant for an initial or renewal operator or senior op erator .. l icense to comple te and sign Form NRC-396, "Certification or Medi ca l Exa m i n ation." T he examinati o n form i s then se nt t o the NR C a n d i become s p a rt or the licens e arplicatio
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has-t9requ es t add't ional in fo rmati on . .th e m edica l titi o ner's eva lu a.t Jon the app l icant's m edical hi story or cond iti on is not suf ficientl y detailed t o ,, d etcrn1 inc a n a pplicant's qu a lific*ati on . :'* W o r k ANS-:.4 of Subcommittee ANS-3. Re ac t or of the ll me rican Nuckar So c iety h as develo ped a sta ndard pr escribing th e minim um requirement s necessary to dete rmin e th at t h e physi ca l condition and ge ne ral health of nucl e(lr operators ar e not s u c h a s mi ght ca u se opera ti o nal c r- USNRC REGULATOR Y GUIDE S
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POSITION T h e req ui r ements c on ta ined i n ANSI N5 4 (,.J lJ 7 6.* " Medical C..:rtif'ication a nd Monit or in g of R eq u i ring Operator Lil*e ns es for Nuclear "
Plant s," provide a mcth ud <t cc cptahk to the NR(' s taff for determ i ning the medical qual il'ic:Ji i on<; or pli cants for initial or ren ewal orc rat or o r sen i or operator li censes. suhje c t t P the foli uwi n g.: Se c tion 3.2 or ANS I N5 4 6-1976 rcquiw; th:tt t h e facilit y ope r ato r forward t n the de s ignated med1cal examiner a report 1 ll1 e ach employee ref l!rrccl f11r :1 reactor ope r ator medical examJn<Jtion prior 111 tin: t:xamin at i..:>n and that the rep ort inc lu de s pe cified hy the led me dic;il cx;rmineJ* .. 1\ 1'-:SI ** 111<1) he llhtal!lcd f r ,l l ll .'\lllci'IL'i.l ll :..-u cl'"" 0io rth Kcnsi ng lt ln *\venue. L1 J llinuh 1>(1<-;*:** (ntrtrrl,.nt*, ())o 1 ,1d lw r 1 , th r: fl'l.ir ,, r,! ... Lr*.*: :.:*.*,, , *.
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To rrccludc Lhc po,sibility that \he facility operator information that P'Jternially co uld be biased and IHl'. pertinent to an individual's medi..:al ljliJi if'ic;Jtions. the facility ope rator shou ld forward o nl y the that bten specified or rhy the de'iignatcd t.lc u ic a l examin er for each employee re f erred for-a reactor o pt:ralor mt.:dical illllination for the purp os e of completing Form .196. "Certificate of Medical Examination."
0. IMPLEMENTATION
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- rnati\*c method f or c om pl ying with s pec i fied port i ons of the Commission's regu l a tion s is proposed, the method described here in will be used in the t i on of Form NRC-396. "Certification of Medic a l Examination," submittals in connec t ion with rl icat i ons for in itial or renewal op1*rator or se nior operator li ce nse s submitted after May 15, l97R. If the l icensed medical pr actitio ner wishes to usc thi s r c_5 u latory guide 1n the p re paration of Form NRC-396 for those a pplicati o ns submitted on or before May 15 , 1 978. the pertinent port i ons of the plication will be evaluated on the basi s of this guide . . ft