§ 33-02 Definitions.
RCNY § 33-02
(a)Terms that are defined in 24 RCNY Health Code Article 175 have the same meaning when used in this Chapter unless defined otherwise.
(b)In addition, the following definitions apply: "ANSI Standard 42.47" means the American National Standards Institute American National Standard for Measuring the Imaging Performance of X-ray and Gamma Ray Systems for Security Screening of Humans N42.47-2010 or any successor to such standard. "ANSI Standard 43.17" means the American National Standards Institute American National Standard Radiation Safety for Personnel Security Screening Systems Using X-Ray or Gamma Radiation, ANSI/HSP N43.17-2009 or any successor to such standard. "Body scanner" means a limited-use system or equipment that utilizes a low dose of ionizing radiation to create an anatomical image capable of detecting objects placed on, attached to, or secreted within a person's body. "Department" means the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. "Detainee" means an individual in the custody of the New York City Department of Correction. "DOC" means the New York City Department of Correction. "Health Code" means the New York City Health Code. "Minor" means an individual under the age of 18. "Occupational dose" means the dose received by an individual in the course of employment in which the individual's assigned duties involve exposure to radiation or to radioactive material from licensed and unlicensed sources of radiation, whether in the possession of the licensee, registrant, or another person. "Occupational dose" does not include a dose received from background radiation, from any medical administration the individual has received, from exposure to individuals administered radioactive material as part of medical treatment, from voluntary participation in medical research programs, or as a member of the public. "Public" means any person other than a worker or a subject. "Qualified Physicist" means a medical physicist certified by the American Board of Radiology, a New York State-licensed Medical Physicist, or a health physicist certified by the American Board of Health Physics and/or licensed by New York State in medical health physics, all with demonstrated relevant experience in diagnostic subspecialties involving human imaging equipment. "Radiation safety manual" means a manual for each body scanner maintained by DOC and available to the Department at any time that contains all documents related to the administration and operational aspects of DOC's radiation safety program, including the documents submitted to register each piece of scanning equipment and any mandated reports and test results. "Radiation Safety Officer" means the individual responsible for administrating the radiation protection program for the body scanner described in 24 RCNY § 33-04, the qualifications for which position are the same as for the Qualified Physicist. "Reference effective dose" means a quantity based on measureable parameters used by ANSI Standard 43.17 for setting dose limits. It is obtained from air kerma (or exposure) and HVL measurements as described in Section 6.1.3 of ANSI Standard 43.17. "Scan" means the operation necessary to produce one image (e.g., front view) from one radiation source. One radiation source simultaneously producing multiple images also constitutes one scan. Two sources simultaneously producing two images constitute two scans. In some cases, several scans may be required for a single screening of a subject. "Screening" means the sum of radiation exposures or scans necessary to image objects concealed on all sides of the body as intended by the system design under normal conditions. "Subject" means a person being scanned by a body scanner. "Technique factors" means the conditions of operating radiation equipment, including the following: (1) the peak kilovoltage applied to the x-ray tube, (2) the electric current passing through the x-ray tube, and (3) the scan time. "Worker" means any DOC employee or contracted person whose responsibilities include at least one of the following: initiating or stopping a scan; verifying that body scanner equipment is operating correctly; providing information and instructions to individuals being screened; controlling access to the inspection zone; and interpreting results of scans. (Added City Record 1/16/2019, eff. 2/15/2019)
