Code of Massachusetts Regulations
105 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Title 105 CMR 120.000 - The Control of Radiation
REPORTS
Section 120.606 - Personnel Requirements
Universal Citation: 105 CMR 120.000 MA Code of Regs 120.606
Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
(A) Instruction. No individual shall be permitted to operate or maintain analytical x-ray equipment unless such individual has received instruction in and demonstrated competence as to:
(1) Identification of radiation hazards
associated with the use of the equipment;
(2) Significance of the various radiation
warning, safety devices, and interlocks incorporated into the equipment, or the
reasons they have not been installed on certain pieces of equipment and the
extra precautions required in such cases;
(3) Proper operating procedures for the
equipment;
(4) Recognition of
symptoms of an acute localized exposure; and,
(5) Proper procedures for reporting an actual
or suspected exposure.
(B) Personnel Monitoring.
(1) Finger or wrist
dosimetric devices shall be provided to and shall be used by:
(a) Analytical x-ray equipment workers using
systems having an open-beam configuration and not equipped with a safety
device; and,
(b) Personnel
maintaining analytical x-ray equipment if the maintenance procedures require
the presence of a primary x-ray beam when any local component in the analytical
x-ray system is disassembled or removed.
(2) Reported dose values shall not be used
for the purpose of determining compliance with 105 CMR 120.200 unless evaluated
by a qualified expert.
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