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Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › Standards for Protection Against Radiation › Section 459.3675 - Records of tests on entry control devices for very high radiation areas

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Each licensee and registrant shall
				  maintain records of tests made pursuant to NAC 459.345 on entry control devices
				  for very high radiation areas. These records must include the date, time and
				  results of each such test of function.
2. The licensee or registrant shall retain
				  each record required by this section for at least 3 years after the record is
				  made.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Health,
				  eff. 1-18-94
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › Standards for Protection Against Radiation › Section 459.368 - Notice and reports to persons exposed to radiation or radioactive material

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Requirements for notification and reports
				  to persons of exposure to radiation or radioactive material are specified in
				  NAC 459.786.
2. When a licensee or
				  registrant is required by NAC 459.371 or 459.3715 to report to the Division any
				  exposure of an identified occupationally exposed person or an identified member
				  of the public to radiation or radioactive material, the licensee or registrant
				  shall also notify the person or member of the public who was exposed. The
				  notice must be transmitted at a time not later than the transmittal to the
				  Division, and the notice must comply with the provisions of subsection 1 of NAC
				  459.786.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. §§ 4.5.6 & 4.5.6.1, eff. 2-28-80-NAC A 1-18-94; R185-08,
				  5-7-2010
NRS
				  459.070,
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › Standards for Protection Against Radiation › Section 459.369 - Requirements for report of lost, stolen or missing licensed radioactive material or radiation machines

Current through June 11,
				  2024
1. Each licensee
				  and registrant shall report to the Division by telephone:
(a) Any lost, stolen or missing licensed
				  radioactive material in an aggregate quantity which is equal to or greater than
				  1,000 times the quantity specified in Appendix C, if it appears to the licensee
				  that an exposure could result to persons in unrestricted areas. The report must
				  be made immediately after the occurrence becomes known to the
				  licensee.
(b) Any lost, stolen or
				  missing licensed radioactive material in an aggregate quantity which is greater
				  than 10 times the quantity specified in Appendix C within 30 days after the
				  occurrence becomes known to the licensee. The report is not required if the
				  material is located or otherwise recovered by the licensee or registrant within
				  the specified 30-day period.
(c) A
				  lost, stolen or missing radiation machine. The report must be made immediately
				  after the occurrence becomes known to the registrant.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › Standards for Protection Against Radiation › Section 459.3695 - Report of certain incidents

Current through June 11,
				  2024
1. Each licensee
				  and registrant shall immediately report to the Division each event involving a
				  source of radiation possessed by the licensee or registrant that may have
				  caused, or threatens to cause:
(a) A person to
				  receive:
(1) A total effective dose equivalent
				  of 25 rems (250 millisieverts) or more;
(2) A lens dose equivalent of 75 rems (750
				  millisieverts) or more; or
(3) A
				  shallow-dose equivalent to the skin or extremities or a total organ dose
				  equivalent of 250 rads (2.5 grays) or more.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › Standards for Protection Against Radiation › Section 459.371 - Submission of written reports for certain occurrences; contents of reports

Current through June 11, 2024
1. In addition to the notification required
				  by NAC 459.3695, each licensee and registrant shall submit a written report to
				  the Division within 30 days after learning of any of the following occurrences:
(a) Incidents for which notification is
				  required pursuant to NAC 459.3695.
(b) Doses in excess of:
(1) The limits for an occupational dose for
				  an adult specified in NAC 459.325;
(2) The limits for an occupational dose for a
				  minor specified in NAC 459.331;
(3)
				  The limits for an embryo of a woman who has declared her pregnancy specified in
				  NAC 459.333;
(4) The limits for a
				  member of the public specified in NAC 459.335;
(5) Any applicable limits set forth in the
				  license or registration; or
(6) The
				  constraints on air emissions of radioactive material, excluding radon 222 and
				  its decay products, specified in subsection 2 of NAC 459.321.
(c) Levels of radiation or
				  concentrations of radioactive material in:
(1)
				  A restricted area in excess of any applicable limits set forth in the license
				  or registration; or
(2) An
				  unrestricted area in excess of 10 times the applicable limits set forth in NAC
				  459.010 to 459.950, inclusive, or in the license or registration.
(d) For licensees subject to the
				  provisions of the generally applicable environmental standards for radiation of
				  the United States Environmental Protection Agency set forth in 40 C.F.R. Part
				  190, levels of radiation or releases of radioactive material in excess of those
				  standards, or of conditions set forth in the license related to those
				  standards.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › Standards for Protection Against Radiation › Section 459.3715 - Submission of written reports after planned special exposures

Current through June 11, 2024
Each
				  licensee and registrant shall submit a written report to the Division within 30
				  days following any planned special exposure conducted in accordance with NAC
				  459.329 informing the Division that a planned special exposure was conducted,
				  and including the date the planned special exposure occurred and the
				  information required by NAC 459.3655.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Health,
				  eff. 1-18-94
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › Standards for Protection Against Radiation › Section 459.373 - Additional reporting requirements

Current through June 11,
				  2024
In addition to complying with any other
				  reporting requirements specified in NAC 459.010 to 459.950, inclusive, a
				  licensee shall comply with the following reporting requirements:
1. Each licensee shall notify the Division as
				  soon as possible, but not later than 4 hours, after the discovery of an event
				  that prevents immediate protective actions to be taken that are necessary to
				  avoid exposure to radiation or radioactive materials that could exceed the
				  limits specified in NAC 459.010 to 459.950, inclusive.
2. Each licensee shall notify the Division
				  within 24 hours after the discovery of any of the following events involving
				  licensed radioactive material:
(a) An
				  unplanned event causing radioactive contamination that:
(1) Requires access to the contaminated area
				  by workers or members of the public to be restricted for more than 24 hours by
				  imposing additional radiological controls or by prohibiting entry into the
				  area, if such a restriction is imposed for any reason other than to allow
				  isotopes with a half-life of less than 24 hours to decay in storage before
				  decontamination; and
(2) Involves a
				  quantity of radioactive material which is greater than five times the lowest
				  annual limit on intake specified in Appendix B for that material.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › Standards for Protection Against Radiation › Section 459.374 - Notice of intent to vacate premises

Current through June 11,
				  2024
Each specific licensee must, no less than 30
				  days before vacating or relinquishing possession or control of premises which
				  may have been contaminated with radioactive material as a result of his or her
				  activities, notify the Division in writing of intent to vacate. When deemed
				  necessary by the Division, the licensee shall decontaminate the premises in the
				  manner specified by the Division.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 4.5.5, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › Radioactive Materials in the Healing Arts › Section 459.3801 - Restricted area: Release for unrestricted use

Current through
				  June 11, 2024
A restricted area in which a licensee
				  has used or stored radioactive material must not be released for unrestricted
				  use until the Division has given its approval in writing.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Health,
				  eff. 11-1-95
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › Radioactive Materials in the Healing Arts › Section 459.3805 - Restricted area: Persons authorized to enter

Current through June
				  11, 2024
Only those persons who perform work in a
				  restricted area are authorized to enter such areas. A licensee shall not allow
				  any other person to enter a restricted area.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Health,
				  eff. 11-1-95
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.400 - Definitions

Current through June 11, 2024
As used in
				  NAC 459.400 to 459.624, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the
				  words and terms defined in NAC 459.402 to 459.546, inclusive, have the meanings
				  ascribed to them in those sections.
Supplied in codification; A by Bd.
				  of Health by R185-08, 5-7-2010
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.402 - "Accessible surface" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Accessible surface" means the external surface
				  of the enclosure or housing provided by the manufacturer.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.1, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.404 - "Added filtration" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Added filtration" means any filtration added
				  to the inherent filtration.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.2, eff. 2-28-80-NAC A 4-27-84
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.406 - "Aluminum equivalent" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Aluminum equivalent" means the thickness of
				  aluminum (type 1100 alloy) affording the same attenuation, under specified
				  conditions, as the material in question. The nominal chemical composition of
				  type 1100 aluminum alloy is 99 percent minimum aluminum, 0.12 percent
				  copper.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.3, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.408 - "Attenuation block" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Attenuation block" means a block or stack
				  having the dimensions 20 cm by 20 cm by 3.8 cm, of type 1100 aluminum alloy or
				  other materials having equivalent attenuation.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.4, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.410 - "Automatic exposure control" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Automatic exposure control" means a device
				  which automatically controls one or more technique factors in order to obtain
				  at a preselected location a required quantity of radiation.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.5, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.412 - "Beam axis" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Beam axis" means a line from the source
				  through the centers of the X-ray fields.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.6, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.414 - "Beam-limiting device" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Beam-limiting device" means a device which
				  provides a means to restrict the dimensions of the X-ray field.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.7, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.416 - "Changeable filters" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Changeable filters" means any filter,
				  exclusive of inherent filtration, which can be removed from the useful beam
				  through any electronic, mechanical or physical process.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.8, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.418 - "Coefficient of variation" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Coefficient of variation," abbreviated as "C,"
				  means the ratio of the standard deviation to the mean value of a population of
				  observations. It is estimated using the following equation:
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s
=Estimated
				  standard deviation of the population.
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=Mean value of observations in sample.
Xi
=ith
				  observation in sample.
n
=Number of observations
				  in sample.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.9, eff. 2-28-80-NAC A by R084-98,
				  1-26-99
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.420 - "Contact therapy system" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Contact therapy system" means a system in
				  which an X-ray tube port is put in contact with or within 5 centimeters of the
				  surface being treated.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.10, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.422 - "Control panel" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Control panel" means that part of the X-ray
				  control where the switches, knobs, pushbuttons and other hardware are mounted
				  which are necessary for manually setting the technique factors.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.11, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.424 - "Cooling curve" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Cooling curve" means the graphical
				  relationship between heat units stored and cooling time.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.12, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.426 - "Dead-man switch" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Dead-man switch" means a switch constructed so
				  that a circuit closing contact can be maintained only by continuous pressure on
				  the switch by the operator.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.13, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.428 - "Diagnostic source assembly" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Diagnostic source assembly" means the tube
				  housing assembly with a beam-limiting device attached.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.14, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.430 - "Diagnostic-type protective tube housing" defined

Current through June
				  11, 2024
"Diagnostic-type protective tube housing"
				  means a tube housing so constructed that the leakage radiation measured at a
				  distance of 1 meter from the source does not exceed 100 mr in 1 hour when the
				  tube is operated at its leakage technique factors.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.15, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.432 - "Diagnostic X-ray system" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Diagnostic X-ray system" means an X-ray system
				  designed for irradiation of any part of the human body for diagnosis or
				  visualization.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.16, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.434 - "Direct scattered radiation" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Direct scattered radiation" means scattered
				  radiation which has been deviated in direction only by materials irradiated by
				  the useful beam.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.17, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.436 - "Entrance exposure rate" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Entrance exposure rate" means the roentgens
				  per unit of time at the point where the center of the useful beam enters the
				  patient.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.18, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.440 - "Field emission equipment" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Field emission equipment" means equipment
				  which uses an X-ray tube in which electron emission from the cathode is due
				  solely to the action of an electric field.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.20, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.442 - "Filter" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Filter" means material placed in the useful
				  beam to absorb preferentially selected radiations.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.21, eff. 2-28-80-NAC A 4-27-84
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.444 - "Fluoroscopic imaging assembly" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Fluoroscopic imaging assembly" means a
				  component which comprises a reception system in which X-ray photons produce a
				  fluoroscopic image. It includes equipment housings, electrical interlocks, if
				  any, the primary protective barrier and structural material providing linkage
				  between the image receptor and the diagnostic source assembly.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.22, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.446 - "General purpose radiographic X-ray system" defined

Current
				  through June 11, 2024
"General purpose radiographic
				  X-ray system" means any radiographic X-ray system which by design is not
				  limited to radiographic examination of specific anatomical regions.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.23, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.448 - "Gonadal shield" defined (Repealed)

Current through June 11,
				  2024
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. §6.2.24, eff. 2-28-80; R by
				  R132-18CAP,
				  eff. 12/29/2020
NRS
				  439.200,
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.450 - "Half-value layer" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Half-value layer," abbreviated as "HVL," means
				  the thickness of specified material which attenuates the beam of radiation to
				  an extent that the exposure rate is reduced to one-half of its original value.
				  In this definition the contribution of all scattered radiation, other than any
				  which may be present initially in the beam concerned, is considered
				  excluded.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.25, eff. 2-28-80-NAC A 4-27-84
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.452 - "Image intensifier" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Image intensifier" means a device, including
				  housing, which instantaneously converts an X-ray pattern into a corresponding
				  light image of higher energy density.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.26, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.454 - "Image receptor" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Image receptor" means any device, such as a
				  fluorescent screen or radiographic film, which transforms incident X-ray
				  photons either into a visible image or into another form which can be made into
				  a visible image by further transformations.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.27, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.456 - "Inherent filtration" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Inherent filtration" means the filtration
				  permanently in the useful beam; it includes the window of the X-ray tube and
				  any permanent tube or source enclosure.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.28, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.458 - "Kilowatt second" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Kilowatt second," abbreviated as "kWs," is
				  equal to the product of peak kilovolts, amperes and seconds or (1000) (kV) (mA)
				  (sec).
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.29, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.460 - "Lead equivalent" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Lead equivalent" means the thickness of lead
				  affording the same attenuation, under specified conditions, as the material in
				  question.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.30, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.462 - "Leakage radiation" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Leakage radiation" means radiation emanating
				  from the diagnostic or therapeutic source assembly except for:
1. The useful beam; and
2. Radiation produced when the exposure
				  switch or timer is not activated.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. §§ 6.2.31-6.2.31.2, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.464 - "Leakage technique factors" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Leakage technique factors" means the technique
				  factors associated with the tube housing assembly which are used in measuring
				  leakage radiation. They are defined as follows:
1. For capacitor energy storage equipment,
				  the maximum rated number of exposures in an hour for operation at the maximum
				  rated peak tube potential with the quantity of charge per exposure being 10
				  millicoulombs (mAs) or the minimum obtainable from the unit, whichever is
				  larger.
2. For field emission
				  equipment rated for pulsed operation, the maximum rated number of X-ray pulses
				  in an hour for operation at the maximum rated peak tube potential.
3. For all other equipment, the maximum rated
				  continuous tube current for the maximum rated peak tube potential.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. §§ 6.2.32-6.2.32.3, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.466 - "Light field" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Light field" means that area of the
				  intersection of the light beam from the beam-limiting device and one of the set
				  of planes parallel to and including the plane of the image receptor, whose
				  perimeter is the locus of points at which the illumination is one-fourth of the
				  maximum in the intersection.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.33, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.468 - "Maximum line current" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Maximum line current" means the root mean
				  square (rms) current in the supply line of a radiation machine operating at its
				  maximum rating.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.34, eff. 2-28-80; A by
				  R144-13A,
				  eff. 10/13/2016
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.470 - "Mobile equipment" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Mobile equipment" means X-ray equipment
				  mounted on a permanent base with wheels or castors for movement while
				  completely assembled.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.35, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.472 - "Peak tube potential" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Peak tube potential" means the maximum value
				  of the potential difference across the X-ray tube during an exposure.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.36, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.474 - "Phototimer" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Phototimer" means a method for controlling
				  radiation exposure to image receptors by the amount of radiation which reaches
				  a radiation monitoring device or devices. The radiation monitoring device or
				  devices are part of an electronic circuit which controls the duration of time
				  the tube is activated.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.37, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.476 - "Portable equipment" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Portable equipment" means X-ray equipment
				  designed by a manufacturer to be hand-held or hand-carried.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.38, eff. 2-28-80-NAC A by R185-08,
				  5-7-2010
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.478 - "Position indicating device" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Position indicating device" means a device on
				  dental X-ray equipment used to indicate the beam position and to establish a
				  definite source-surface or skin distance. It may or may not incorporate or
				  serve as a beam-limiting device.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.39, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.480 - "Primary protective barrier" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Primary protective barrier" means the
				  material, excluding filters, placed in the useful beam, for protection
				  purposes, to reduce the radiation exposure.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.41.1, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.482 - "Protective apron" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Protective apron" means an apron made of
				  radiation absorbing materials, used to reduce radiation exposure.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.40, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.484 - "Protective barrier" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Protective barrier" means a barrier of
				  radiation absorbing material or materials used to reduce radiation
				  exposure.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.41, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.486 - "Protective glove" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Protective glove" means a glove made of
				  radiation absorbing materials used to reduce radiation exposure.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.42, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.488 - "Qualified expert" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Qualified expert" means a person who has
				  demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Division that he or she possesses the
				  knowledge and training to measure ionizing radiation, to evaluate safety
				  techniques and to advise regarding radiation protection needs.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.43, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.490 - "Radiograph" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Radiograph" means an image receptor on which
				  the image is created directly or indirectly by an X-ray pattern and results in
				  a permanent record.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.44, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.492 - "Radiographic imaging system" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Radiographic imaging system" means any system
				  in which a permanent or semipermanent image is recorded on an image receptor by
				  the action of ionizing radiation.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.45, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.494 - "Rating" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Rating" means the operating limits specified
				  by the component manufacturer.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.46, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.496 - "Recording" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Recording" means producing a permanent form of
				  an image resulting from X-ray photons, for example, a film or videotape.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.47, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.500 - "Response time" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Response time" means the time required for an
				  instrument system to reach 90 percent of its final reading when the
				  radiation-sensitive volume of the instrument system is exposed to a step change
				  in radiation flux from zero sufficient to provide a steady state midscale
				  reading.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.49, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.502 - "Scattered radiation" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Scattered radiation" means radiation that,
				  during passage through matter, has been deviated in direction.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.50, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.504 - "Secondary protective barrier" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Secondary protective barrier" means a barrier
				  sufficient to attenuate the stray radiation to the required degree.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.41.2, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.506 - "Source" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Source" means the focal spot of the X-ray
				  tube.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.51, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.508 - "Source-image receptor distance" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Source-image receptor distance," abbreviated
				  as "SID," means the distance from the source to the center of the input surface
				  of the image receptor.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.52, eff. 2-28-80; A by
				  R144-13A,
				  eff. 10/13/2016
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.510 - "Spot film" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Spot film" means a radiograph which is made
				  during a fluoroscopic examination to permanently record conditions which exist
				  during that fluoroscopic procedure.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.53, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.512 - "Stationary equipment" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Stationary equipment" means X-ray equipment
				  which is installed in a fixed location.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.54, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.514 - "Stray radiation" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Stray radiation" means the sum of leakage and
				  scattered radiation.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.55, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.516 - "Technique factors" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Technique factors" means the conditions of
				  operation. They are specified as follows:
1. For capacitor energy storage equipment,
				  peak tube potential in kV and quantity of charge in mAs.
2. For field emission equipment rated for
				  pulsed operation, peak tube potential in kV and number of X-ray
				  pulses.
3. For all other equipment,
				  peak tube potential in kV and either tube current in mA and exposure time in
				  seconds, or the product of tube current and exposure time in mAs.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. §§ 6.2.56-6.2.56.3, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.518 - "Therapeutic-type protective tube housing" defined

Current through June
				  11, 2024
"Therapeutic-type protective tube housing"
				  means the tube housing with tube installed and it includes high voltage or
				  filament transformers, or both, and other appropriate elements when they are
				  contained within that housing.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.57, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.520 - "Transportable equipment" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Transportable equipment" means X-ray equipment
				  installed in a vehicle or trailer.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.58, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.522 - "Tube" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Tube" means an X-ray tube, unless otherwise
				  specified.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.59, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.524 - "Tube housing assembly" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Tube housing assembly" means the tube housing
				  with tube installed. It includes high-voltage or filament transformers, or
				  both, and other appropriate elements when they are contained within the tube
				  housing.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.60, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.526 - "Tube rating chart" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Tube rating chart" means the set of curves
				  which specify the rated limits of operation of the tube in terms of the
				  technique factors.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.61, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.528 - "Useful beam" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Useful beam" means the radiation which passes
				  through the tube housing port and the aperture of the beam-limiting device when
				  the exposure switch or timer is activated.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.62, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.530 - "Variable aperture beam-limiting device" defined

Current through
				  June 11, 2024
"Variable aperture beam-limiting
				  device" means a beam-limiting device, commonly referred to as an adjustable
				  collimator, which has capacity for stepless adjustment of the X-ray field size
				  at a given source-image receptor distance.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.63, eff. 2-28-80; A by
				  R144-13A,
				  eff. 10/13/2016
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.532 - "Visible area" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"Visible area" means that portion of the input
				  surface of the image receptor over which incident X-ray photons produce a
				  visible image.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.64, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.534 - "X-ray control" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"X-ray control" means a device which controls
				  input power to the X-ray high-voltage generator or the X-ray tube. It includes
				  equipment which controls the technique factors of an X-ray exposure.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.65, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.536 - "X-ray equipment" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"X-ray equipment" means an X-ray system,
				  subsystem or component. This term includes mobile, portable, stationary and
				  transportable X-ray equipment.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.66, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.538 - "X-ray field" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"X-ray field" means the area of the
				  intersection of the useful beam and any one of the set of planes parallel to
				  and including the plane of the image receptor, whose perimeter is the locus of
				  points at which the exposure rate is one-fourth of the maximum in the
				  intersection.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.67, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.540 - "X-ray high-voltage generator" defined

Current through June
				  11, 2024
"X-ray high-voltage generator" means a
				  device which transforms electrical energy from the potential supplied by the
				  X-ray control to the tube operating potential. The device may also include
				  means for transforming alternating current to direct current, filament
				  transformers for the X-ray tube or tubes, high-voltage switches, electrical
				  protective devices and other appropriate elements.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.68, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.542 - "X-ray system" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"X-ray system" means an assemblage of
				  components for the controlled production of X rays. It includes minimally an
				  X-ray high-voltage generator, an X-ray control, a tube housing assembly, a
				  beam-limiting device, and the necessary supporting structures. Additional
				  components which function with the system are considered integral parts of the
				  system.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.69, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.544 - "X-ray subsystem" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"X-ray subsystem" means any combination of two
				  or more components of an X-ray system for which there are requirements
				  specified in NAC 459.400 to 459.624, inclusive.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.70, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.546 - "X-ray tube" defined

Current through June 11,
				  2024
"X-ray tube" means any electron tube which is
				  designed for the conversion of electrical energy into X-radiation.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.2.71, eff. 2-28-80-NAC A 4-27-84
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.550 - Scope

Current through June 11, 2024
NAC 459.400
				  to 459.624, inclusive, establishes requirements, binding upon registrants, for
				  use of X-ray equipment by prescription from or under the supervision of a
				  person authorized by and licensed in accordance with state statutes to engage
				  in the healing arts or veterinary medicine. Those sections are in addition to
				  other applicable provisions of NAC 459.010 to 459.794, inclusive.
Bd. of Health, Radiation Control
				  Reg. § 6.1, eff. 2-28-80-NAC A 4-27-84
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.551 - Notification and report of medical misadministration; maintenance of record of medical misadministration

Current through June 11,
				  2024
1. A registrant for
				  a radiation machine, including, without limitation, a therapeutic X-ray system,
				  shall:
(a) Notify the Division by telephone
				  not later than the next calendar day after the discovery of a medical
				  misadministration; and
(b) Submit a
				  written report to the Division within 15 days after the discovery of the
				  medical misadministration. The written report must include, without limitation:
(1) The name of the registrant;
(2) The name of the prescribing
				  physician;
(3) A brief description
				  of the medical misadministration;
(4) An explanation as to why the medical
				  misadministration occurred;
(5) The
				  effect, if any, on the person who received the administration of
				  radiation;
(6) The actions, if any,
				  that have been taken or are planned to be taken to prevent reoccurrence;
				  and
(7) Certification that the
				  registrant notified the person who is the subject of the medical
				  misadministration of the medical misadministration as required by subsection 3
				  or notified that person's responsible relative or guardian as authorized by
				  subsection 5 or, if such notification was not provided, the reason why the
				  notification was not provided.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 459.552 - Administrative controls: Direction of operation by registrants

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The registrant is responsible for the
				  operation of the radiation machines which he or she has registered with the
				  Division. The registrant shall ensure that the provisions of NAC
				  459.400 to
				  459.624, inclusive, are met in
				  the operation of the radiation machine or machines.
2. An X-ray system which does not meet the
				  provisions of NAC
				  459.400 to
				  459.624, inclusive, must not be
				  operated for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes if the Division prohibits such
				  operation.
3. Persons who will be
				  operating the X-ray system must be adequately instructed in the safe operating
				  procedures and be competent in the safe use of the equipment.
4. The registrant shall:
(a) Document that each person who will be
				  operating the X-ray system has received the instructions required by subsection
				  3 and that each person's competency was verified; and
(b) Retain that documentation at least until
				  the period of registration of the radiation machine expires.