Pennsylvania Code
Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Part I - Department of Environmental Protection
Subpart D - Environmental Health and Safety
Article V - Radiological Health
Chapter 221 - X-RAYS IN THE HEALING ARTS
DIAGNOSTIC INSTALLATIONS GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Section 221.23 - Leakage radiation from the diagnostic source assembly
The leakage radiation from the diagnostic source assembly measured at a distance of 1 meter in any direction from the source may not exceed 100 milliroentgens (25.8 µC/kg) in 1 hour when the X-ray tube is operated at its leakage technique factors. Compliance shall be determined by measurements averaged over an area of 100 square centimeters with no linear dimension greater than 20 centimeters.
The provisions of this §221.23 amended under section 302 of the Radiation Protection Act (35 P. S. § 7110.302); and section 1920-A of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. § 510-20).
This section cited in 25 Pa. Code § 221.35a (relating to fluoroscopic X-ray systems).
