Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.14 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 37.14.10 - X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Rule 37.14.1003 - GENERAL SAFETY PROVISIONS

Current through Register Vol. 13, July 5, 2024
(1) Diagnostic
				x-ray systems, for use on humans, and their associated components certified
				pursuant to the federal diagnostic x-ray standard shall be maintained in
				compliance with applicable requirements of such standard as set forth in 21
				CFR, chapter I, subchapter J, as revised on April 1, 2003. The department may
				waive compliance with the specific requirements of this subchapter by an
				existing machine or installation if the registrant demonstrates, to the
				department's satisfaction, achievement through other means of radiation
				protection equivalent to that required by this chapter.
(2) No person shall make, sell, lease,
				transfer, lend or install x-ray equipment or the supplies used in connection
				with such equipment unless such supplies and equipment, when properly placed in
				operation and properly used, will meet the requirements of this chapter. This
				includes responsibility for the delivery of cones or collimators, diaphragms
				and adjustable diaphragms, filters, adequate timers, and fluoroscopic shutters,
				where applicable.
(3) Personnel
				monitoring shall be performed in controlled areas for each occupationally
				exposed individual for a minimum of a 13-week period starting each January.
				When a protective apron is worn, the monitoring device shall be worn at the
				collar outside of the apron.
(4)
				Safety requirements concerning the use of radiation sources are that:
(a) The registrant shall be responsible for
				radiation safety. He is responsible for assuring that radiation sources under
				his jurisdiction are used only by persons competent to use them. He is
				responsible for providing the instruction of personnel in safe operating
				procedures.
(b) A radiation safety
				officer, who may be the registrant himself, shall be designated for every
				installation and shall be approved by the department as per ARM
				37.14.307(1) (b),
				if other than a licensed member of the healing arts.
(c) The radiation safety officer shall:
(i) establish and supervise operating
				procedures and review them periodically to assure their conformity with this
				chapter;
(ii) provide personnel
				with instruction on proper radiation protection practices;
(iii) conduct radiation surveys and source
				leak tests where indicated and keep records of such surveys and tests,
				including summaries of corrective measures recommended and/or
				instituted;
(iv) assure that
				personal monitoring devices are used where indicated and that records are kept
				of the results of such monitoring;
(v) assure that interlock switches and
				warning signals are functioning and that signs are properly located;
				and
(vi) investigate each known or
				suspected case of excessive or abnormal exposure to determine the cause and to
				take steps to prevent its recurrence.
(d) The registrant shall provide safety rules
				to each individual operating x-ray equipment under his control, including any
				restrictions of the operating technique required for the safe operation of the
				particular x-ray apparatus, and require that the operators demonstrate
				familiarity with these safety rules.
(e) Deliberate exposure of an individual to
				the useful beam for training or demonstration purposes shall not be permitted
				unless there is also a medical or dental indication for the exposure and the
				exposure is prescribed by a practitioner of the healing arts.