New Mexico Administrative Code

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A. Administrative Controls: (1) Registrant: The registrant shall be responsible for directing the operation of the x-ray machines which he has registered with the Department. He or his agent shall assure that the following provisions are met in the operation of the x-ray machine(…

In addition to other requirements of this Subpart, all diagnostic x-ray systems shall meet the following requirements: A. Warning Label: The control panel containing the main power switch shall bear the warning statement, legible and accessible to view: "WARNING: This X-ray Unit …

All fluoroscopic x-ray systems shall meet the following requirements. A. Limitation of Useful Beam:(1) The fluoroscopic tube shall not produce x-rays unless the primary protective barrier is in position to intercept the entire useful beam at all times. (2) The entire cross-sectio…

A. Beam Limitation: The useful beam shall be limited to the area of clinical interest. (1) General purpose stationary and mobile x-ray systems: (a) Variable held limitation: There shall be provided a means for stepless adjustment of the size of the x-ray field. The minimum field …

In addition to the provisions of 602 and 603 [Sections 602 and 603 of 20.3.6.602 and 603 NMAC], the requirements of this section apply to x-ray equipment and associated facilities used for dental radiography. Criteria for extraoral dental radiographic systems are covered in 605 […

A. Equipment: (1) The protective tube housing shall be of therapeutic type. (2) Permanent diaphragms or cones for collimating the useful beam shall afford the same degree of protection as the tube housing. Adjustable or removable beam-defining diaphragms or cones shall transmit n…

A. Equipment: All provisions of 607.A [Subsection A., Section 607 of 20.3.6.607 NMAC] apply except that the leakage radiation 5 cm (1.96 inches) from the surface to the tube housing shall not exceed 0.1 R/hr. B. Operating Procedures: (1) Automatic timers shall be provided which w…

A. Equipment: (1) The protective tube housing shall be of diagnostic type. (2) Diaphragms or cones shall be provided for collimating the useful beam to the area of clinical interest, and shall provide the same degree of protection as is required of the housing. (3) The total filt…

A. In order for the Department to provide evaluation, technical advice and official approval on shielding requirements for a radiation installation, the following information is needed: (1) normal location of the radiation producing equipment's radiation port; port's travel and t…

A. Space Requirements: (1) The operator shall be allotted not less than 0.7 square m (7.5 square feet) of unobstructed floor space in the booth. (2) The minimum space as indicated above may be any geometric configuration with no dimension of less than 61 cm (2 feet). (3) The spac…

Time Temperature Chart: Thermometer Readings Minimum Developing (Degrees) Times (Minutes) C F 2.0 27 80 2.0 79 2.5 78 2.5 77 3.0 24 76 3.0 75 3.0 74 3.5 73 3.5 22 72 4.0 71 4.0 70 4.5 69 4.5 20 68 5.0 67 5.5 66 5.5 65 6.0 18 64 6.5 63 7.0 62 8.0 61 8.5 16 60 9.5 A. Processing of …

As used in this Subpart [Part]: A. "Accessible surface" means the external surface of the enclosure or housing provided by the manufacturer. B. "Added filter" means the filter added to the inherent filtration. C. "Aluminum equivalent" means the thickness of aluminum (type 1100 al…

Environmental Improvement Board.

This part contains the requirements and provisions for the medical use of radioactive materials and for issuance of specific licenses authorizing the medical use of radioactive material. These requirements and provisions provide for the radiation safety of workers, the general pu…

Sections 74-1-9, 74-3-5 and 74-3-9 NMSA 1978.

Permanent.

April 30, 2009, unless a later date is cited at the end of a section.

This part provides for the medical use and licensing of radioactive materials.

A. "Address of use" means the building or buildings that are identified on the license and where radioactive material may be prepared, received, used or stored. B. "Area of use" means a portion of an address of use that has been set aside for the purpose of preparing, receiving, …

A. Provisions for research involving human subjects. (1) A licensee may conduct research involving human research subjects only if it uses the radioactive materials specified on its license for the uses authorized on the license. (2) If the research is conducted, funded, supporte…

A. Radiation safety officer. (1) A licensee or licensee's management shall appoint a radiation safety officer, who agrees, in writing, to be responsible for implementing a radiation protection program. The licensee, through the radiation safety officer, shall ensure that radiatio…

A. Possession, use and calibration of instruments used to measure the activity of unsealed radioactive material. Other than unit dosages of beta-emittingunsealed radioactive material obtained from the manufacturer or preparer, licensed pursuant to Subsection J of 20.3.3.315 NMAC,…

Except for quantities that require a written directive under Paragraph (3) of Subsection G of Section 20.3.7.702 NMAC, a licensee may use any unsealed radioactive material prepared for medical use for uptake, dilution or excretion studies that is: A. obtained from: (1) a manufact…

Except for quantities that require a written directive under Paragraph (3) of Subsection G of 20.3.7.702 NMAC, a licensee may use any unsealed radioactive material prepared for medical for imaging and localization studies use that is: A. obtained from: (1) a manufacturer or prepa…

A. Maximum concentrations. A licensee may not administer to humans a radiopharmaceutical containing: (1) more than 0.15 microcurie of molybdenum-99 per each millicurie of technetium-99m (0.15 kilobecquerel of molybdenum-99 per each megabecquerel of technetium-99m); or (2) more th…

A. System Requirements. (1) A licensee who administers radioactive aerosols or gases shall do so with a system that shall keep airborne concentrations of the radioactive material, including releases to the environment, within the limits prescribed by 20.3.4 NMAC. (2) The delivery…

A licensee may use any unsealed byproduct material identified in 10 CFR 35.390(b)(1)(ii)(G) prepared for medical use and for which a written directive is required that is: A. Obtained from a manufacturer or preparer licensed under Subsection J of 20.3.3.315 NMAC or equivalent agr…

In addition to the requirements in 20.3.10.1002 NMAC, the licensee shall provide the following. A. Safety Instructions. A licensee shall provide radiation safety instructions initially and at least annually, to personnel caring for patients or human research subjects who cannot b…

A. Use of sources for manual brachytherapy. The regulations of the NRC set forth in 10 CFR 35.400 are hereby incorporated by reference: B. Surveys after source implant and removal. (1) Immediately after implanting sources in a patient or a human research subject, the licensee sha…

A. Use of a sealed source in a remote afterloader unit, teletherapy unit or gamma stereotactic radiosurgery unit. A licensee shall use sealed sources in photon emitting remote afterloader units, teletherapy units or gamma stereotactic radiosurgery units for therapeutic medical us…

A. Use of sealed sources for diagnosis. A licensee shall use only sealed sources for diagnostic medical uses if the sealed sources are approved in the Sealed Source and Device Registry for diagnostic medicine. The sealed sources may be used for diagnostic medical uses that are no…

A licensee may use radioactive material or a radiation source approved for medical use which is not specifically addressed in 20.3.7.704 NMAC through 20.3.7.712 NMAC of this part if: A. the applicant or licensee has submitted the information required by Paragraph (2) through (4) …

A. Radiation safety officer and Associate Radiation Safety Officer. The regulations of the NRC set forth in 10 CFR 35.50 are hereby incorporated by reference. B. Training for an authorized medical physicist. The regulations of the NRC set forth in 10 CFR 35.51 are hereby incorpor…

A. Records of Authority and Responsibilities for Radiation Protection Programs. (1) A licensee shall retain a record of actions taken by the licensee's management in accordance with Subsection C of 20.3.7.702 NMAC for 5 years. The record must include a summary of the actions take…

A. Report and notification of a medical event. (1) A licensee shall report any event, except for an event that results from patient intervention, in which the administration of byproduct material or radiation from byproduct material, except permanent implant brachytherapy, result…

Environmental Improvement Board.

This Subpart [20.3.8 NMAC] provides special requirements for analytical x-ray equipment. The requirements of this Subpart [20.3.8 NMAC]are in addition to, and not in substitution for, applicable requirements in other Subparts [Parts] of these regulations.

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A. "Analytical x-ray equipment" means equipment used for x-ray diffraction or fluorescence analysis. B. "Analytical x-ray system" means a group of local and remote components utilizing x-rays to determine the elemental composition or to examine the microstructure of materials. Lo…

A. Safety Device: A device which prevents the entry of any portion of an individual's body into the primary x-ray beam or which causes the beam to be shut off upon entry into its path shall be provided on all open-beam configurations. An applicant may apply to the Department for …

A. Radiation Levels: The local components of an analytical x-ray system shall be located and arranged and shall include sufficient shielding or access control such that no radiation levels exist in any area surrounding the local component group which could result in a dose to an …