8. (1) Every radiation protection officer shall ensure that every person who operates an x-ray machine in the facility for which he or she is a radiation protection officer is qualified in accordance with this Regulation to operate an x-ray machine. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 543, s. 8 (1). (2) Every radiation protection officer shall establish and maintain procedures and tests for the x-ray machines and x-ray equipment in the facility for which he or she is a radiation protection officer to ensure compliance with this Regulation. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 543, s. 8 (2). (3) Every radiation protection officer shall ensure that protective accessories of at least 0.5 millimetres lead equivalent at 150 kilovolts peak are available for use by persons who may receive exposure to x-rays in the facility. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 543, s. 8 (3). (4) Every radiation protection officer shall provide to the Director of X-ray Safety, within sixty days of the installation of a new x-ray machine in the facility for which he or she is a radiation protection officer, written results of the tests conducted to verify whether or not the x-ray machine complies with the provisions of the Radiation Emitting Devices Act (Canada) and the regulations made thereunder. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 543, s. 8 (4); O. Reg. 87/22, s. 5 (1). (5) Every radiation protection officer shall provide to the Director of X-ray Safety, within sixty days of the installation of a used x-ray machine in the facility for which he or she is a radiation protection officer, written results of the tests conducted to verify whether or not the x-ray machine complies with the provisions of the Act and this Regulation. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 543, s. 8 (5); O. Reg. 87/22, s. 5 (1). (6) Every radiation protection officer shall ensure that records are maintained of each test required to be carried out under this section that set out, (a) the type and result of the test; (b) the frequency of testing where applicable; and (c) the action taken to correct each deficiency identified by the test. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 543, s. 8 (6). (7) Every radiation protection officer shall ensure that the records referred to in subsection (6) are maintained for at least six years from the time of their making in the facility in which the x-ray machine to which the records referred to is operated. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 543, s. 8 (7). (8) Every dental radiation protection officer shall ensure that at the facility where the officer acts, the procedures and tests set out in Column 1 of Table 3 are conducted at the frequencies set out opposite thereto in Column 2 of Table 3. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 543, s. 8 (8). (9) Every chiropodic radiation protection officer shall ensure that at the facility where the officer acts, the procedures and tests set out in Column 1 of Table 4 are conducted at the frequencies set out opposite thereto in Column 2 of Table 4. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 543, s. 8 (9). (10) Every medical radiation protection officer and every chiropractic radiation protection officer shall ensure that at the facility where the officer acts, the procedures and tests set out in Column 1 of Table 5 are conducted at the frequencies set out opposite thereto in Column 2 of Table 5. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 543, s. 8 (10). (11) Every medical radiation protection officer, every chiropractic radiation protection officer and every chiropodic radiation protection officer shall ensure that at the facility where the officer acts, the entrance exposure of that part of a patient set out in Column 1 of Table 6 of a thickness set out opposite thereto in Column 2 of Table 6 that is a distance from the x-ray source set out opposite thereto in Column 3 of Table 6 does not exceed the exposure set out opposite thereto in Column 4 of Table 6. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 543, s. 8 (11). (12) Every dental radiation protection officer shall ensure that at the facility where the officer acts, the entrance exposure of that part of a patient set out in Column 1 of Table 7 at the measured potential set out opposite thereto in Column 2 of Table 7 does not exceed the exposure set out opposite thereto in Column 3 of Table 7. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 543, s. 8 (12). (13) Every radiation protection officer shall notify the Director of x-ray Safety forthwith of the occurrence, in the facility for which he or she is a radiation protection officer, of, (a) an accident involving an x-ray machine; or (b) an overexposure to radiation involving a patient or patients. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 543, s. 8 (13); O. Reg. 87/22, s. 5 (2). (14) In addition to the notice required under subsection (13), the radiation protection officer shall ensure that a written report of the accident or overexposure is received by the Director of x-ray Safety not later than five days after the occurrence of the accident or overexposure. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 543, s. 8 (14). (15) Every medical radiation protection officer shall ensure that, at the facility where the officer acts, the mean glandular breast dose calculated for a standard breast, using technique factors and conditions used clinically for such a breast, does not exceed 3 milligrays per image. O. Reg. 663/00, s. 2. (16) In subsection (15), “standard breast” means a 4.2 centimetre thick compressed breast consisting of 50 per cent glandular tissue and 50 per cent adipose tissue. O. Reg. 663/00, s. 2.