Regulation made under the Occupational Health and Safety Act: X-ray safety Jurisdiction Canada - Ontario Year 1986 Published in English Serial title Ontario Gazette - Gazette de l'Ontario Source 15 Nov. 1986, Vol.119-46, p.2270-2282. Descriptors [Primary] Canada, Ontario, ionizing radiation, permissible radiation doses, radioactive sources, radiological services, x-ray equipment [Secondary] law, radiation protection, threshold limit values Subject category Physical hazards Abstract Applies to equipment and sources other than those licensable under the Atomic Energy Control Act. Whole body or trunk of body dose equivalent annual limits are set at 50mSv (millisieverts) for x-ray workers and 5mSv for other workers. For skin, the limits are 500 and 50mSv respectively; they are 150 and 50mSv for the lens of the eye and 500 and 50mSv for other individual organs or tissues. CIS No. 87-48 Database ID 47512