I. – When exposure to ionising radiation involves a woman of childbearing age, the applicant and the person carrying out the procedure must investigate whether there is any pregnancy, unless this investigation is not relevant to the planned exposure.
II. – For women who are pregnant or breastfeeding, or if the possibility of pregnancy cannot be ruled out, the assessment of whether the procedure is justified takes into account the urgency of the situation and the exposure of the woman and her unborn child. When the procedure is justified, optimisation takes into account the doses delivered to the pregnant or breastfeeding woman and to the unborn child.
Where appropriate, advice is given to the woman to suspend breastfeeding for a period appropriate to the nature of the radionuclides used, particularly during a nuclear medicine procedure.