§ 175.04 Prohibited Uses and Activities.
RCNY § 175.04
(a)Prohibited uses. The following are prohibited uses of radiation equipment: (1) Hand-held fluoroscopic screens.
(2)Shoe-fitting fluoroscopic devices.
(3)Intraoral fluoroscopy in dental examinations.
(4)Photofluorographic equipment.
(5)Equipment employing bare overhead or uninsulated conductors.
(6)Non-image intensified fluoroscopes.
(7)Capacity energy storage equipment used to image humans, effective July 1, 2021.
(8)Intraoral dental x-ray machines operated at less than a measured 51 kVp effective July 1, 2021 (b) Prohibited activities.
(1)No person shall operate x-ray equipment such that the useful beam is applied to human beings unless such individual is a professional practitioner or is otherwise authorized to operate x-ray equipment pursuant to state law.
(c)On or before July 1, 2022, portable or mobile x-ray equipment must only be used for examinations where it is impractical to transfer the patient to a stationary x-ray installation. Facilities are prohibited from using portable or mobile x-ray units in routine clinical x-ray exams; however, this shall not prohibit hospitals from using portable or mobile x-ray units in clinical exams in emergency room and trauma center locations and for in-house patients that are not ambulatory. Additionally, this shall not prohibit mobile or portable x-ray units in patient homes or long term health care facilities. (Added City Record 4/24/2019, eff. 5/24/2019)
