NAC459.716. Equipment control: Inspection and maintenance.

     1. The registrant shall perform visual and operability checks of the indication lights and warning lights of an X-ray system before use each day the X-ray system is used to ensure that the X-ray system is in good working order. If this check reveals damage to or other problems with the X-ray system or any component thereof, the licensee or registrant shall make a record of the problem.

     2. Each licensee shall conduct a program of at least semiannual inspection and routine maintenance of X-ray systems and the components thereof, including, without limitation, interlocks, indication lights, exposure switches, warning lights and cables.

     3. Records of inspection and maintenance, and records of defects or problems created pursuant to subsection 1, must be kept for inspection by the Division for not less than 3 years.

     4. If any check or inspection conducted pursuant to this section reveals damage to or other problems with an X-ray system or any component thereof, the X-ray system must be removed from service until repairs have been made.

     [Bd. of Health, Radiation Control Reg. §§ 5.4.8-5.4.8.2, eff. 2-28-80]—(NAC A 4-27-84; A by Dep’t of Human Resources by R137-01, 5-30-2003)