RADIATION SAFETY (GENERAL) REGULATIONS 1983 - REG 35

RADIATION SAFETY (GENERAL) REGULATIONS 1983 - REG 35

35 .         Information to be furnished by suppliers of certain irradiating apparatus

                A supplier of irradiating apparatus for medical or veterinary fluoroscopy or radiography or chiropractic radiography shall, if that irradiating apparatus is new irradiating apparatus delivered to the operator or user thereof more than 12 months after the date on which this regulation comes into operation in respect of that operator or user, provide that operator or user with —

            (a)         adequate instructions concerning any radiological safety procedures and precautions which may be necessary because of features unique to that irradiating apparatus; and

            (b)         a schedule showing the maintenance necessary to keep that irradiating apparatus in compliance with these regulations; and

            (c)         statements of the maximum rated peak tube potential, leakage technique factors, the minimum permanent filtration in the beam and the peak tube potential at which the filtration is obtained; and

            (d)         cooling curves for the x‑ray tube anode and tube housing; and

            (e)         x‑ray tube rating charts; and

            (f)         performance data, including performance data for image intensifier tubes.