| Adopting agency | BSC | BSC- CG |
SFM | HCD | DSA | OSHPD | BSCC | DPH | AGR | DWR | CEC | CA | SL | SLC | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 1/AC | AC | SS | SS/CC | 1 | 1R | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Adopt entire chapter | X | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adopt entire chapter as amended (amended sections listed below) |
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| Adopt only those sections that are listed below |
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| 2113A.9.2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms shall
have the meaning indicated:
PRIMARY PROTECTIVE BARRIER is a barrier to attenuate the useful beam.
SECONDARY PROTECTIVE BARRIER is a barrier to attenuate stray radiation.
STRAY RADIATION is radiation not serving any useful purpose, which includes leakage and scattered radiation.
USEFUL BEAM is the radiation which passes through the window, aperture, cone or other collimating device of the tube housing.
PRIMARY PROTECTIVE BARRIER is a barrier to attenuate the useful beam.
SECONDARY PROTECTIVE BARRIER is a barrier to attenuate stray radiation.
STRAY RADIATION is radiation not serving any useful purpose, which includes leakage and scattered radiation.
USEFUL BEAM is the radiation which passes through the window, aperture, cone or other collimating device of the tube housing.
All radiation shielding barriers in rooms and enclosures
housing machines shall meet the requirements of Section 12-31C-101, Chapter 12-31C, Part 12, California Referenced
Standards Code. The Department of Health Services is the
only agency that may grant a variance or exception to these
standards.
The operator's station at the control
shall be behind a protective barrier either in a separate
room, in a protected booth or behind a shield which will
intercept the useful beam and any radiation which has been
scattered only once.
Provision
shall be made for the operator to observe and communicate
with the patient without leaving the shielded position at the
control panel. When an observation window is used, it must
provide radiation attenuation equal to that required in the
surrounding barrier.
Equipment
operating above 50 kVp shall conform with the following:
- The control station shielding shall either be an integral part of the building or anchored to the building.
- The control station shall be provided with a window having radiation attenuation equal to that required by the adjacent barrier, or a mirror system, or a closed-circuit television viewing screen. The patient area must be visible to the operator without having to leave the protected area during exposure.
Equipment
operating above 150 kVp shall conform to the following:
- The treatment room shall be provided with interlocks so that when any door of the treatment room is opened, either the machine will shut off automatically or the radiation level within the room will be reduced to an average of not more than 2 milliroentgens per hour and a maximum of 10 milliroentgens per hour at a distance of one meter in any direction from the target. After such shutoff or reduction in output, it shall be possible to restore the machine to full operation only from the control panel.
- The control station shall be within a protective booth or in an adjacent room.
A minimum of one door shall be provided with an
auxiliary means for being opened in case of power failure or
mechanical breakdown, where large power-driven doors
offer the only access to the room.