Radiology
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X-Ray Machine Registration
Radiology
Any person or entity possessing a radiation-producing machine must register with the Department of Environmental Protection( DEP) within 30 days of acquiring the machine. Any change of address, owner, radiation safety officer or number of radiation producing machines requires written notification to DEP within 30 days of the change. Registrants must maintain a written inventory including, at a minimum, the type and location of all radiation producing devices.
Registration may not be transferred to any other person or entity without approval from DEP. Registrants are required to renew their registration each year, and verify the number and type of machines they possess. Machines are inspected by the Department approximately once every four years.
Radiation-producing machines must remain registered with DEP regardless of whether or not they are currently in use. Registration status will only be terminated once a registrant no longer possesses the machine. It is the registrant’ s responsibility to notify DEP in writing. Machine disposal options include:
• selling the equipment,
• donating the equipment or
• disposal.
Note: X-ray systems manufactured prior to July 2, 1979 may contain oil made with polychlorinated biphenyls( PCBs), which are hazardous in nature. Thus these machines must be disposed of properly. Machines manufactured prior to 1979 must be tested for PCB content prior to disposal, and it is the responsibility of the equipment owner to have the machine analyzed before disposal; the results of the analysis will determine how the equipment may be disposed of.
Do not smash the X-ray tube. Contents of the X-ray tube may cause injury if the tube is broken.
The forms needed to register an x-ray machine or terminate a registration can be found on DEP’ s website at: http:// www. depgreenport. state. pa. us / elibrary / GetFolder? FolderID = 3920.
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