§ 175.51 Veterinary Radiography, Dental and Fluoroscopy.
RCNY § 175.51
(a)Fixed radiographic installations: equipment.
(1)Collimating devices capable of restricting the useful beam to the area of clinical interest must be used.
(2)The x-ray films or image receptor used as the recording medium during the x-ray examination must show substantial evidence of cut-off (beam delineation).
(3)A device must be provided which terminates the exposure after a preset time interval or exposure. The exposure switch must be of the dead-man type and must be so arranged that it cannot be operated outside a shielded area.
(b)Portable or mobile radiographic installations: equipment.
(4)A dead-man type of exposure switch must be provided with a cord of sufficient length so that the operator can stand at least 2 meters (6.5 feet) from the animal patient, the x-ray tube and out of the useful beam.
(c)Veterinary dental x-ray units. The requirements of 24 RCNY Health Code § 175.49(a) through (r) applies to veterinary dental units with the exception of the ESE requirements of 24 RCNY Health Code § 175.49(q)(3). For hand held dental x-ray units, the same conditions of operation and restrictions on hand held x-ray units (as described in 24 RCNY Health Code § 175.47(j)) apply.
(d)Fluoroscopic installations: equipment.
(5)The source-panel or source-tabletop distance must always be at least 30 cm (12 in.) and is recommended to be not less than 38 cm (15 in.).
(e)Mobile fluoroscopic equipment must meet the following additional requirements: (1) In the absence of a tabletop, a cone or spacer frame must limit the source- to-skin distance to not less than 30 cm (12 in.).
(f)Conditions for operation of equipment.
(6)Protective garments of at least 0.25 mm lead equivalent must be available and must be worn by the fluoroscopist during every fluoroscopy examination. (Added City Record 4/24/2019, eff. 5/24/2019)
