User's Manual

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their employment, who have been made fully aware of the potential for exposure and

can exercise control over their exposure. This exposure category is also applicable

when the exposure is of a transient nature due to incidental passage through a location

where the exposure levels may be higher than the general population/uncontrolled

limits, but the exposed person is fully aware of the potential for exposure and can

exercise control over his or her exposure by leaving the area or by some other

appropriate means. Awareness of the potential for RF exposure in a workplace or

similar environment can be provided through specific training as part of a RF safety

program. If appropriate, warning signs and labels can also be used to establish such

awareness by providing prominent information on the risk of potential exposure and

instructions on methods to minimize such exposure risks.

• General Population/Uncontrolled Exposure: The general population / uncontrolled

exposure limits are applicable to situations in which the general public may be exposed

or in which persons who are exposed as a consequence of their employment may not be

made fully aware of the potential for exposure or cannot exercise control over their

exposure. Members of the general public would come under this category when

exposure is not employment-related; for example, in the case of a wireless transmitter

that exposes persons in its vicinity. Warning labels placed on low-power consumer

devices such as cellular telephones are not considered sufficient to allow the device to

be considered under the occupational/controlled category, and the general

population/uncontrolled exposure limits apply to these devices.