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Due to a lapse in appropriations, the NRC has ceased normal operations. However, excepted and exempted activities necessary to maintain critical health and safety functions—as well as essential progress on designated critical activities, including those specified in Executive Order 14300—will continue, consistent with the OMB-Approved NRC Lapse Plan.

Health Physics Questions and Answers - Question 378

Question 378: If a worker formerly monitored at the licensee's facility as a "declared pregnant woman," requests that her exposure records be forwarded to her current employer, should related embryo / fetus dose records also be forwarded if not specifically requested?

Answer: No. Regulatory Guide 8.7, Rev. 1, includes the following statement in Section 3.2. "Licensees should be sensitive to the issue of personal privacy with regard to embryo / fetus dose. If requested by a monitored woman, a letter report may be provided to document prior embryo / fetus dose." Otherwise, the embryo / fetus dose records should not be provided.

(Reference: 10 CFR 19.13, 10 CFR 20.1208).

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