OAR 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 beam at any SID;

(b)

The X-ray tube used for fluoroscopy shall not produce X-rays unless the barrier is in position to intercept the entire useful beam.

(2)

Nonimage intensified types of fluoroscopes shall not be used.

(3)

Image-Intensified Fluoroscopy and Spot Filming:

(a)

For image-intensified fluoroscopic equipment, neither the length nor the width of the X-ray field in the plane of the image receptor shall exceed that of the visible area of the image receptor by more than three percent of the SID. The sum of the excess length and the excess width shall be no greater than four percent of the SID. In addition:

(A)

Means shall be provided to permit further limitation of the field. Beam-limiting devices manufactured after May 22, 1979, and incorporated in equipment with a variable SID or a visible area of greater than 300 square cm shall be provided with means for stepless adjustment of the X-ray field;

(B)

All equipment with a fixed SID and a visible area of 300 square cm or less shall be provided with either stepless adjustment of the X-ray field or with means to further limit the X-ray field size at the plane of the image receptor to 125 square cm or less. Stepless adjustment shall, at the greatest SID, provide continuous field sizes from the maximum obtainable to a field size of 5 cm by 5 cm or less;

(C)

For equipment manufactured after February 25, 1978, when the angle between the image receptor and beam axis is variable, means shall be provided to indicate when the axis of the X-ray beam is perpendicular to the plane of the image receptor; and

(D)

Compliance shall be determined with the beam axis indicated to be perpendicular to the plane of the image receptor. For rectangular X-ray fields used with circular image reception, the error in alignment shall be determined along the length and width dimensions of the X-ray field which pass through the center of the visible area of the image receptor.

(b)

Spot-film devices which are certified components shall meet the following additional requirements:

(A)

Means shall be provided between the source and the patient for adjustment of the X-ray field size in the plane of the film to the size of that portion of the film which has been selected on the spot-film selector. Such adjustment shall be automatically accomplished except when the X-ray field size in the plane of the film is smaller than that of the selected portion of the film. For spot film devices manufactured after June 21, 1979, if the X-ray field size is less than the size of the selected portion of the film, the means for adjustment of the field size shall be only at the operator’s option;

(B)

It shall be possible to adjust the X-ray field size in the plane of the film to a size smaller than the selected portion of the film. The minimum field size at the greatest SID shall be equal to, or less than, 5 cm by 5 cm;

(C)

The center of the X-ray field in the plane of the film shall be aligned with the center of the selected portion of the film to within two percent of the SID; and

(D)

On spot-film devices manufactured after February 25, 1978, if the angle between the plane of the image receptor and beam axis is variable, means shall be provided to indicate when the axis of the X-ray beam is perpendicular to the plane of the image receptor, and compliance shall be determined with the beam axis indicated to be perpendicular to the plane of the image receptor.

(c)

If a means exists to override any of the automatic X-ray field size adjustments required in section (3) of this rule, that means:

(A)

Shall be designed for use only in the event of system failure;

(B)

Shall incorporate a signal visible at the fluoroscopist’s position which will indicate whenever the automatic field size adjustment is overridden; and

(C)

Shall be clearly and durably labeled as follows: “FOR X-RAY FIELD LIMITATION SYSTEM FAILURE”

Source: Rule 333-106-0201 — Fluoroscopic X-ray Systems, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=333-106-0201.

333‑106‑0001
Purpose and Scope 333‑106‑0005
Definitions 333‑106‑0010
Administrative Controls 333‑106‑0015
General Requirements: Technique Chart 333‑106‑0020
General Requirements: Written Rules and Procedures 333‑106‑0025
General Requirements: Protection of Patients and Personnel 333‑106‑0035
General Requirements: Deliberate Exposures Restricted 333‑106‑0040
General Requirements: Patient Holding and Restraint 333‑106‑0045
General Requirements: Use of Best Procedures and Equipment 333‑106‑0050
General Requirements: Personnel Monitoring 333‑106‑0055
General Requirements: X-ray Operator Training 333‑106‑0060
General Requirements: Radiation Use and Safety Instructor Qualifications 333‑106‑0101
General Requirements: Diagnostic X-ray Systems 333‑106‑0105
General Requirements: Information and Maintenance Record and Associated Information 333‑106‑0110
General Requirements: Plan Review 333‑106‑0120
General Requirements: Information on Radiation Shielding for Plan Reviews — Optional 333‑106‑0130
General Requirements: Design Requirements for an Operator’s Booth 333‑106‑0201
Fluoroscopic X-ray Systems 333‑106‑0205
Fluoroscopic X-ray Systems Requirements: Activation of the Fluoroscopic Tube 333‑106‑0210
Fluoroscopic X-ray Systems Requirements: Fluoroscopic Entrance Exposure Rates 333‑106‑0215
Fluoroscopic X-ray Systems Requirements: Fluoroscopic Barrier Transmitted Radiation Rate Limits 333‑106‑0220
Fluoroscopic X-ray Systems Requirements: Fluoroscopic Indication of Potential and Current 333‑106‑0225
Fluoroscopic X-ray Systems Requirements: Fluoroscopic Source-to-Skin Distance 333‑106‑0230
Fluoroscopic X-ray Systems Requirements: Fluoroscopic Timer 333‑106‑0235
Fluoroscopic X-ray Systems Requirements: Mobile Fluoroscopes 333‑106‑0240
Fluoroscopic X-ray Systems Requirements: Fluoroscopic Control of Scattered Radiation 333‑106‑0245
Fluoroscopic X-ray Systems Requirements: Fluoroscopic Radiation Therapy Simulation Systems 333‑106‑0301
Additional Requirements for Radiographic Machines: Beam Limitation for Radiographic Systems Other Than Fluoroscopic, Dental Intraoral, Veterinary Systems, or Computed Tomography(CT) 333‑106‑0305
Additional Requirements for Radiographic Machines: Radiation Exposure Control Devices 333‑106‑0310
Additional Requirements for Radiographic Machines: Source-to-Skin Distance 333‑106‑0315
Additional Requirements for Radiographic Machines: Exposure Reproducibility 333‑106‑0320
Additional Requirements for Radiographic Machines: Radiation from Capacitor Energy Storage Equipment in Standby Status 333‑106‑0325
Additional Requirements for Radiographic Machines: Intraoral Dental Radiographic Systems 333‑106‑0345
Purpose and Scope 333‑106‑0350
Computed Tomography X-ray Systems: Definitions 333‑106‑0355
CT Equipment Requirements 333‑106‑0360
Computed Tomography X-ray Systems: Facility Design Requirements 333‑106‑0361
Computed Tomography X-ray Systems: Radiation Protection Surveys 333‑106‑0362
Computed Tomography X-ray Systems: Operating Procedures and Conditions of Operation 333‑106‑0363
Computed Tomography X-ray Systems: Quality Control Program 333‑106‑0364
Computed Tomography X-ray Systems: Initial and Annual Qualified CT Medical Physicist Scanner Performance Evaluations 333‑106‑0366
Computed Tomography X-ray Systems: Dose Limits 333‑106‑0367
Computed Tomography X-ray Systems: Records and Report Retention 333‑106‑0368
Computed Tomography X-ray Systems: Qualified CT Medical Physicist 333‑106‑0369
Computed Tomography X-ray Systems: Report and Notification of a CT Medical Event 333‑106‑0370
Computed Tomography X-ray Systems: Operator Requirements 333‑106‑0601
Veterinary X-ray Systems: Veterinary Medicine Radiographic Installations Additional Requirements 333‑106‑0700
Mammography Requirements: Mammography X-Ray Systems Definitions 333‑106‑0710
Mammography Requirements: Equipment Standards 333‑106‑0720
Mammography Requirements: Quality Assurance Program 333‑106‑0730
Mammography Requirements: Additional Requirements 333‑106‑0735
Mammography Requirements: Breast Density Notification 333‑106‑0750
Mammography Requirements: Mammography Personnel Qualifications
Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

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