NAC459.556. Administrative controls: Minimum exposure techniques.  


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  • Procedures and auxiliary equipment designed to minimize exposure to the patient and personnel commensurate with obtaining the needed diagnostic information must be utilized, including the following:

         1. The speed of film or screen and film combinations must be the fastest speed consistent with the diagnostic objective of the examination;

         2. The radiation exposure to the patient must be the minimum exposure required to produce images of good diagnostic quality; and

         3. Portable or mobile equipment may be used only for examinations where it is impractical to transfer the patient to a stationary radiographic installation.

     [Bd. of Health, Radiation Control Reg. §§ 6.3.1.1.9-6.3.1.1.9.3, eff. 2-28-80]