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 221.24 - Radiation from components other than the diagnostic source assembly

Universal Citation: 25 PA Code ยง 221.24
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024

The radiation emitted by a component other than the diagnostic source assembly may not exceed 2 milliroentgens (.516 µC/kg) in 1 hour at 5 centimeters from an accessible surface of the component when it is operated in an assembled X-ray system under conditions for which it was designed. 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 §221.24 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).

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