10A NCAC 15 .0110         PROHIBITED USES

The agency prohibits the use of the following:

(1)           demonstration or training of radiation machines or sources of radiation without providing engineered protective barriers or implementing administrative protective controls to change work policies, practices, and procedures that will ensure exposure to radiation does not exceed dose limits in Rule .1601(a) of this Chapter;

(2)           hand-held radiation machines used for diagnostic exams, ordered by a licensed practitioner as defined in Rule .0103(b)(7) of this Section, in the diagnosing or treatment of human or animal diseases, except for dental hand-held equipment authorized for use by the agency;

(3)           hand-held fluoroscopic screens;

(4)           shoe-fitting fluoroscopic devices;

(5)           dental fluoroscopy without image intensification; and

(6)           non-intensified photofluorographic equipment.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 104E‑7;

Eff. February 1, 1980;

Amended Eff. June 1, 1989;

Transferred and Recodified from 10 NCAC 3G .2211 Eff. January 4, 1990;

Transferred and Recodified from 15A NCAC 11 .0110 Eff. February 1, 2015;

Readopted Eff. May 1, 2025.