Section 180-6-009 - DENTAL REGISTRANTSIn addition to other requirements of this chapter, this section applies to registrants using dental radiation generating equipment.
009.01 EXEMPTION FROM INDIVIDUAL MONITORING. Individual monitoring is not required for personnel operating only dental radiation generating equipment for dental diagnostic purposes.009.02 TUBE HOUSING. The tube housing and position indicating device (PID) must not be hand-held during an exposure, except for units designed to be hand-held.009.03 TUBE HOUSING SUPPORT. The tube housing support must be constructed and adjusted so that the tube housing will not drift from its set position during an exposure.009.04 X-RAY CONTROL. Each x-ray system must have a control that allows the operator to terminate the exposure at any time, except for exposures of 0.5 second or less. The exposure switch will be of the continuous pressure type.009.05 SOURCE-TO-SKIN DISTANCE (SSD). X-ray systems designed for use with an intraoral image receptor must be provided with means to limit the source-to-skin distance (SSD) to meet the requirements of 21 CFR § 1020.31(i).009.06 KVP LIMITATIONS. Dental x-ray radiation generating equipment with a fixed kilovolt peak (kVp) of less than 50 kilovolt peak (kVp) must not be used to make diagnostic dental radiographs of humans.009.07 DENTAL INTERIM INSPECTIONS. This subsection addresses interim inspections of dental registrants. 009.07(A) INTERIM INSPECTIONS. For interim inspections of dental radiation generating equipment, each registrant must: (i) Respond to a request from the Department for an interim inspection;(ii) Complete the Interim Inspection Form NRH-6. Form NRH-6 is set out as Attachment 1 to this chapter; and(iii) Return the completed interim inspection form with documentation of the most recent equipment performance evaluation or evaluations performed according to 180 NAC 6-004.07 by the deadline indicated in the inspection notice.180 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 6, § 009
Adopted effective 11/4/2020