Introduction:
The X-ray machine staff of the North Dakota
Radiation Control Program conduct activities associated with
machine produced ionizing radiation. A major responsibility is
the registration and inspection of X-ray machine facilities,
equipment, operators and radiation service providers.
All machine
sources of ionizing radiation must be registered with the
Department. There are over 700 facilities with approximately 1500
X-ray tubes throughout North Dakota. X-ray machines are utilized
in a wide range of activities including industrial (airport
baggage surveillance, potato packaging, weld verification),
research (spectroscopy, diffraction, fluorescence) and healing
arts applications for both human and animal patients.
The North
Dakota Radiological Health Rules (NDRHR) contain requirements for
All X-ray equipment operated in North Dakota. Inspection
compliance is based on these requirements. Inspections are
prioritized according to potential impact on public and operator
health and safety. Inspection frequency ranges from yearly (mammography
facilities) to once every seven years (veterinarian). The lead
Federal agency involved with X-ray machines is the US Food and
Drug Administration (FDA) as authorized by the Federal Food, Drug
and Cosmetic Act of 1973. The FDA provides training, equipment
and technical expertise to all State radiation control programs.
Copies of the NDRHR are available from the Department or
downloadable from our
rules page.
IN THE NEWS:
Patient Radiation Doses - Nationwide
Evaluation of Xray Trends
(NEXT)
What is
NEXT?
The Nationwide Evaluation of X-ray
Trends (NEXT) program is a partnership between the Conference of
Radiation Control Program Directors, Inc. (CRCPD) and the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), with
financial support from the American College of Radiology (ACR) since 1998, to
characterize the radiation doses patients receive during diagnostic x-ray
examinations.
Each year the NEXT survey program selects a particular radiological
examination for study and captures radiation exposure data from a nationally
representative sample of U.S. clinical facilities. Volunteer state radiation
control personnel conduct the surveys using reference phantoms most of which
are clinically validated to represent the radiation attenuation presented by
an average-size patient. Surveys are repeated periodically to track trends as
technology and clinical practices change.
Visit
http://www.crcpd.org/NEXT.asp
Contents:
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Registration of a Radiation
Producing Machine: who, how to, form and fees
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Out-of-State (Reciprocity)
Radiation Machine Registration: who, how to, form and fees
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Changes to Registration
Information: who, how to and form
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Disposing of X-Ray
Equipment : what to do
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Limited
Operator Selected Rules
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Limited Diagnostic X-Ray Operator Training Record
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6-Hour Weekly
Training Record
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RT Online Survey Form
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3-Hour Limited Scope X-Ray Operator Training
Program
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List
of approved Limited Scope X-Ray Operator Training Programs
Go to Mammography
Go Back to Radiation Control Page
The Radiation
Control Program pages are maintained by James Lawson, RT
jlawson@nd.gov
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