Registration and safety requirements for therapeutic use of radiation machines, particle accelerators for nonhuman use, and analytical X-ray equipment, ch 42
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Additional requirements Adjustable or removable beam-limiting devices Air kerma rate/absorbed dose rate Area requirements Aural communication Aural communications Beam block Beam interceptor interlocks Beam monitors Beam symmetry Bypassing Calibration Calibration of survey instruments Compliance Control panel functions Definitions Dosimetry equipment Electron radiation Emergency cutoff switches Entrance interlocks Equipment requirements Equipment requirements; Exposure to the useful beam Filter system Filters/wedges Full calibration measurements General provisions Generator cabinet Information and maintenance record and associated information Initial use Instruction Interruption switches Labeling Leakage radiation Leakage radiation through beam-limiting devices Low filtration X-ray tubes Measurement of leakage radiation Multiple tubes Operating and emergency procedures Operating procedures Operating requirements Operations Particle accelerator controls and interlock systems Periodic quality assurance checks Permanent beam-limiting devices Personnel monitoring Personnel requirements Photon radiation Ports Possession of survey instrument(s) Posting Procedures Procedures for administration Protection surveys Qualifications of operators Radiation levels Radiation monitoring requirements Radiation safety officer (RSO) Radiation safety requirements for analytical X-ray equipment Radiation source housing Radiation therapy physicist support Radioactive source replacement, testing, or repair Record retention Records of visiting authorized users Registration or license requirements Repair or modification of X-ray tube systems Room entrances Safety device Safety interlocks Selection and display of dose monitor units Selection of energy Selection of radiation type Shielding and safety design requirements Shutters Source marking Stray radiation in the useful beam Survey radiation levels Surveys Surveys for residual radiation Target-to-skin distance (TSD) Termination switches Therapeutic radiation machines of less than 500 kV Timer Training for external beam radiation therapy authorized users Training for radiation therapy physicist Tube immobilization Viewing systems Warning devices Written directive Written directives Written safety procedures and rules© 2025 State of Iowa | Privacy Policy