Oregon Administrative Code

333-105-0690 Recordkeeping Requirements: Copies of Operating and Emergency Procedures Each licensee must maintain a copy of current operating and emergency procedures until the Authority terminates the license or registration. Superseded material must be retained for three years …

333-105-0700 Recordkeeping Requirements: Records of Personnel Monitoring Each licensee must maintain the following exposure records specified in OAR 333-105-0560: (1) Direct reading dosimeter readings and yearly operability checks required by OAR 333-105-0560(2) and 333-105-0560(…

333-105-0710 Recordkeeping Requirements: Records of Radiation Surveys Each licensee must maintain a record of each exposure device survey conducted before the device is placed in storage as specified in 333-105-0570(3). Each record must be maintained for three years after it is m…

333-105-0720 Recordkeeping Requirements: Form of Records Each record required by this division must be legible throughout the specified retention period. The record may be the original or a reproduced copy or a microform provided that the copy or microform is authenticated by aut…

333-105-0730 Recordkeeping Requirements: Location Of Documents and Records (1) Each licensee must maintain copies of records required by this division and other applicable divisions of these rules at the location specified in 333-105-0410(11). (2) Each licensee must also maintain…

333-105-0740 Notifications (1) In addition to the reporting requirements specified in 10 CFR 30.50 and in OAR chapter 333, division 120, each licensee must provide a written report to the Authority within 30 days of the occurrence of any of the following incidents involving radio…

333-105-0750 Notifications: Reciprocity (1) All reciprocal recognition of licenses and registrations by the Authority will be granted in accordance with OAR 333-102-0340. (2) Reciprocal recognition by the Authority of an individual radiographer certification will be granted provi…

333-105-0760 Notifications: Specific Requirements for Radiographic Personnel Performing Industrial Radiography (1) At a job site, the following must be supplied by the licensee: (a) At least one operable, calibrated survey instrument for each exposure device or radiation machine …

333-106-0001 Purpose and Scope This Division establishes requirements, for which a registrant is responsible, for use of X-ray equipment by or under the supervision of an individual authorized by and licensed in accordance with state statutes to engage in the healing arts or vete…

333-106-0005 Definitions As used in this division, the following definitions apply: (1) "Accessible surface" means the external surface of the enclosure or housing provided by the manufacturer. (2) "Added filtration" means any filtration that is in addition to the inherent filtra…

333-106-0010 Administrative Controls (1) Registrants shall be responsible for directing the operation of the X-ray system(s) under their administrative control. The registrant or the registrant's agent shall assure that the requirements of this rule are met in the operation of th…

333-106-0015 General Requirements: Technique Chart A useable up-to-date chart shall be provided in the vicinity of, or correctly programmed into the diagnostic X-ray system's control panel which specifies, for all examinations performed with that system, the following information…

333-106-0020 General Requirements: Written Rules and Procedures For safe operation of the registrants X-ray system the following apply when required in writing by the Authority: (1) Written safety procedures: (a) Shall be mandatory for hospitals and radiologists; (b) Shall includ…

333-106-0025 General Requirements: Protection of Patients and Personnel (1) Except for patients who cannot be moved out of the unprotected area, only the staff and ancillary personnel required for the medical procedure or training shall be in the unprotected area during the radio…

333-106-0035 General Requirements: Deliberate Exposures Restricted Persons shall not be exposed to the useful beam except for healing art purposes until the patient has been evaluated, and a medical need for the X-ray/s is determined, and has been authorized by a physician or Den…

333-106-0040 General Requirements: Patient Holding and Restraint (1) When a patient or film must be provided with auxiliary support during a radiation exposure: (a) Mechanical holding devices shall be provided and used when the technique permits. The safety rules, required by OAR…

333-106-0045 General Requirements: Use of Best Procedures and Equipment (1) Procedures and auxiliary equipment designed to minimize patient and personnel exposure commensurate with the needed diagnostic information shall be utilized. (2) The speed of film or screen and film combi…

333-106-0050 General Requirements: Personnel Monitoring All individuals who are associated with the operation of an X-ray system are subject to the requirements of OAR 333-120-0100 and 333-120-0210. In addition: (1) When protective clothing or devices are worn on portions of the …

333-106-0055 General Requirements: X-ray Operator Training (1) The registrant shall assure that individuals who will be operating the X-ray equipment by physically positioning patients or animals, determining exposure parameters, or applying radiation for diagnostic purposes shal…

333-106-0060 General Requirements: Radiation Use and Safety Instructor Qualifications The training required in OAR 333-106-0055(1) must be taught by an Authority approved instructor. Approval will be based upon the following criteria. (1) A medical use and safety instructor is an…

333-106-0101 General Requirements: Diagnostic X-ray Systems In addition to other requirements of this division, all diagnostic X-ray systems shall meet the following requirements: (1) Warning Label. The control panel containing the main power switch shall bear the warning stateme…

333-106-0105 General Requirements: Information and Maintenance Record and Associated Information (1) The registrant shall maintain the following information for each X-ray and automatic film processing system for inspection by the Authority: (a) Model, serial numbers and manufact…

333-106-0110 General Requirements: Plan Review When required by the Authority, and: (1) Prior to construction, the floor plans and equipment arrangement of all new installations, or modifications of existing installations, utilizing X-rays for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes m…

333-106-0120 General Requirements: Information on Radiation Shielding for Plan Reviews — Optional In order to provide an evaluation or technical advice on shielding requirements for a radiation installation, the following information must be submitted: (1) The plans should show, …

333-106-0130 General Requirements: Design Requirements for an Operator’s Booth (1) Space Requirements when required by OAR 333-106-0110 of these rules: (a) The operator shall be allotted not less than 7.5 square feet (0.697 m2) of unobstructed floor space in the booth; (b) The op…

333-106-0201 Fluoroscopic X-ray Systems All fluoroscopic X-ray systems shall meet the following requirements: (1) Primary Barrier: (a) The fluoroscopic imaging assembly shall be provided with a primary protective barrier which intercepts the entire cross section of the useful bea…

333-106-0205 Fluoroscopic X-ray Systems Requirements: Activation of the Fluoroscopic Tube (1) X-ray production in the fluoroscopic mode shall be controlled by a device which requires continuous pressure by the fluoroscopist for the entire time of any exposure. When recording seri…

333-106-0210 Fluoroscopic X-ray Systems Requirements: Fluoroscopic Entrance Exposure Rates (1) Fluoroscopic equipment manufactured before May 19, 1995 that is provided with Automatic Exposure Rate Control (AERC) shall not be operable at any combination of tube potential and curre…

333-106-0215 Fluoroscopic X-ray Systems Requirements: Fluoroscopic Barrier Transmitted Radiation Rate Limits (1) The exposure rate due to transmission through the primary protective barrier with the attenuation block in the useful beam, combined with radiation from the image inte…

333-106-0220 Fluoroscopic X-ray Systems Requirements: Fluoroscopic Indication of Potential and Current During fluoroscopy and cinefluorography X-ray tube potential and current shall be continuously indicated. Deviation of X-ray tube potential and current from the indicated values…

333-106-0225 Fluoroscopic X-ray Systems Requirements: Fluoroscopic Source-to-Skin Distance The source-to-skin distance shall not be less than: (1) 38 cm on stationary fluoroscopes manufactured on or after August 1, 1974; (2) 35.5 cm on stationary fluoroscopes manufactured prior t…

333-106-0230 Fluoroscopic X-ray Systems Requirements: Fluoroscopic Timer (1) Means shall be provided to present the cumulative on-time of the fluoroscopic tube. (2) The maximum cumulative time of the timing device shall not exceed five minutes without resetting. (3) A signal audi…

333-106-0235 Fluoroscopic X-ray Systems Requirements: Mobile Fluoroscopes In addition to the other requirements of OAR 333-106-0201 through 333-106-0245 of these rules, mobile fluoroscopes shall provide intensified imaging. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 453.605 - 453.807 Statute…

333-106-0240 Fluoroscopic X-ray Systems Requirements: Fluoroscopic Control of Scattered Radiation (1) Fluoroscopic table designs when combined with procedures utilized shall be such that no unprotected part of any staff or ancillary individual's body shall be exposed to unattenua…

333-106-0245 Fluoroscopic X-ray Systems Requirements: Fluoroscopic Radiation Therapy Simulation Systems Radiation therapy simulation systems shall be exempt from all the requirements of OAR 333-106-0201 through 333-106-0245 provided that: (1) Such systems are designed and used in…

333-106-0301 Additional Requirements for Radiographic Machines: Beam Limitation for Radiographic Systems Other Than Fluoroscopic, Dental Intraoral, Veterinary Systems, or Computed Tomography(CT) (1) The useful beam shall be limited to the area of clinical interest. (2) General Pu…

333-106-0305 Additional Requirements for Radiographic Machines: Radiation Exposure Control Devices (1) Timers. Means shall be provided to terminate the exposure at a preset time interval, preset product of current and time, a preset number of pulses or a preset radiation exposure…

333-106-0310 Additional Requirements for Radiographic Machines: Source-to-Skin Distance (1) All mobile or portable radiographic systems shall be provided with means to limit the source-to-skin distance to equal to or greater than 30 cm. This is considered to have been met when th…

333-106-0315 Additional Requirements for Radiographic Machines: Exposure Reproducibility The coefficient of variation of exposure shall not exceed 0.05 when all technique factors are held constant. This requirement shall be deemed to have been met if, when four exposures are made…

333-106-0320 Additional Requirements for Radiographic Machines: Radiation from Capacitor Energy Storage Equipment in Standby Status Radiation emitted from the X-ray tube when the exposure switch or timer is not activated shall not exceed a rate of two milliroentgens (0.516 uC/kg)…

333-106-0325 Additional Requirements for Radiographic Machines: Intraoral Dental Radiographic Systems In addition to the provisions of OAR 333-106-0010 through 333-106-0101, the requirements of this rule apply to X-ray equipment and facilities where intraoral dental radiography i…

333-106-0345 Purpose and Scope (1) OAR 333-106-0350 through 333-106-0369 establishes requirements governing the use of computed tomography (CT) scanners in the healing arts; and (2) Applies to all registrants who use a CT scanner for the intentional exposure of humans for diagnos…

333-106-0350 Computed Tomography X-ray Systems: Definitions In addition to the definitions provided in division 100 and 106 of these rules, the following definitions shall be applicable to OAR 333-106-0350 through 333-106-0369. (1) "Annual" means a period of 12 consecutive months…

333-106-0355 CT Equipment Requirements (1) CT equipment requirements shall comply with the Food and Drug Administration’s 21 CFR in the following areas: (a) Information to be provided for users — Part 1020.33(c); (b) Quality Assurance — Part 1020.33(d); (c) Control and indication…

333-106-0360 Computed Tomography X-ray Systems: Facility Design Requirements (1) A fixed CT scanner room shall be a permanent part of the building or equipment. Portable shields shall not be used for permanent installations. (2) The CT scanner shall be situated in a protected are…

333-106-0361 Computed Tomography X-ray Systems: Radiation Protection Surveys (1) The registrant must ensure that radiation protection surveys are performed at new facilities, at existing facilities not previously surveyed, and anytime the CT scanner is replaced, moved or structur…

333-106-0362 Computed Tomography X-ray Systems: Operating Procedures and Conditions of Operation (1) Within six months following the effective date of these rules, the CT facility shall establish default scanning protocols in consultation with a qualified CT medical physicist. (2…

333-106-0363 Computed Tomography X-ray Systems: Quality Control Program (1) The registrant shall ensure that a CT quality assurance phantom is available for testing the CT system. (2) Instructions on the use of the phantom shall be provided. The instructions shall include a sched…

333-106-0364 Computed Tomography X-ray Systems: Initial and Annual Qualified CT Medical Physicist Scanner Performance Evaluations (1) A CT medical physicist shall complete an initial performance evaluation of the CT scanner before use on patients and annually thereafter. (2) A pe…

333-106-0366 Computed Tomography X-ray Systems: Dose Limits The CTDIvol for the following CT examinations on standard phantoms shall not exceed the dose limits listed below: (1) Adult head, 80 mGy; (2) Adult abdomen, 30 mGy; (3) Pediatric abdomen (five years of age or 40 pounds, …