Commentaries: Art. 59

If a dose limit specified in Article 56 or 57 is exceeded, the supervisory authority shall decide whether the person concerned must be placed under medical surveillance.
The physician shall inform the person concerned and the supervisory authority of the results of his or her investigation and propose measures to be adopted. If the person concerned is an employee, the physician shall also inform Suva.
The physician shall report to the supervisory authority:
1. data concerning any early effects detected;
2. data concerning illnesses or special predispositions making it necessary to declare the person unfit for radiation work;
3. biological dosimetry data.
If the person concerned is an employee, the physician shall also report the data to Suva.
Suva, or the supervisory authority in the case of persons not in employment, shall take the necessary measures. It may order a temporary or permanent exclusion from activities involving occupational exposure.