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Welcome to the X-Ray
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The use of x-ray
machines has been regulated by our agency since 1964 when the initial
regulations were adopted by the General Assembly. All users of x-ray
producing equipment are regulated except federal agencies and Indian health
agencies. Two
primary groups make up the x-ray users: healing arts and non-healing arts
applications. The category of users in the healing arts range from the use of
x-ray imaging in hospitals, clinics, physicians, chiropractors, dentistry and
veterinary practices. The
use of x-ray in non-healing arts range from the learning labs at
universities, industrial radiography, to law enforcement applications for
bomb detection or finger printing and irradiation for communicable disease
control. Presently
there are 7,705 x-ray registrants with a total of 25,434 tubes. These
registrants are inspected on a 3, 4 or 5 year
frequency, which was determined by our initiation of fee program. All
registrants are inspected according to the "North Carolina Regulations
for Protection Against Radiation" and any applicable federal
requirements.
Revised 7/30/12 |
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NCDHHS .
NC Radiation Protection
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