Alaska Administrative Code
Title 7 - Health and Social Services
Part 2 - Public Health
Chapter 18 - Radiation Sources and Radiation Protection
Article 4 - Use of Radiation Sources in the Healing Arts
7 AAC 18.470 - Veterinary medicine radiographic installation
Universal Citation: 7 AK Admin Code 18.470
Current through August 30, 2024
(a) A veterinary x-ray installation must include a
(1)
diagnostic type protective x-ray tube housing;
(2) diaphragm, cone, or adjustable collimator
that restricts the useful beam to the area of the image receptor and provides
the same degree of protection as is required of the protective tube
housing;
(3) total filtration in
the useful beam of not less than that specified in
7 AAC 18.450(a) (4), except when
contraindicated for a particular radiographic purpose;
(4) device to terminate operation after a
preset time of exposure;
(5)
dead-man type switch; and
(6) wall,
ceiling, and floor area equivalent to, or provided with, applicable protective
barriers as required in
7 AAC 18.450(a) (9) - (11), or other
mechanism that substantially separates controlled and uncontrolled
areas.
(b) A registrant of a radiographic installation used in veterinary medicine shall assure that the device is operated under the following conditions:
(1) an individual, other than the operator,
may not be in the x-ray room while exposures are being made, unless that
individual's assistance is required;
(2) in any application in which an operator,
or any other individual who may be assisting, is not located behind a
protective barrier, the individual must wear a protective apron having a lead
equivalent of not less than 0.5 millimeters during exposures;
(3) an individual may not be regularly
employed to hold or support an animal or hold film during an x-ray
exposure;
(4) if an animal must be
held in position for an exposure, a mechanical supporting or restraining device
must be used whenever feasible and any individual who is holding an animal must
wear a lead apron, a thyroid collar, and protective gloves;
(5) if an animal must be held by an
individual, that individual must be adequately protected and positioned so that
no part of the individual's body is struck by the useful beam and so that the
individual's body is as far as possible from the edge of the useful beam;
and
(6) personnel monitoring
equipment must be supplied and the equipment's use must be required by any
individual who holds an animal during an exposure.
(c) A hand-held fluoroscopic screen may not be used.
Authority:AS 18.60.475
AS 18.60.485
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