X-Rays in the Healing Arts  


NAC 459.400. Definitions.
NAC 459.402. “Accessible surface” defined.
NAC 459.404. “Added filtration” defined.
NAC 459.406. “Aluminum equivalent” defined.
NAC 459.408. “Attenuation block” defined.
NAC 459.410. “Automatic exposure control” defined.
NAC 459.412. “Beam axis” defined.
NAC 459.414. “Beam-limiting device” defined.
NAC 459.416. “Changeable filters” defined.
NAC 459.418. “Coefficient of variation” defined.
NAC 459.420. “Contact therapy system” defined.
NAC 459.422. “Control panel” defined.
NAC 459.424. “Cooling curve” defined.
NAC 459.426. “Dead-man switch” defined.
NAC 459.428. “Diagnostic source assembly” defined.
NAC 459.430. “Diagnostic-type protective tube housing” defined.
NAC 459.432. “Diagnostic X-ray system” defined.
NAC 459.434. “Direct scattered radiation” defined.
NAC 459.436. “Entrance exposure rate” defined.
NAC 459.440. “Field emission equipment” defined.
NAC 459.442. “Filter” defined.
NAC 459.444. “Fluoroscopic imaging assembly” defined.
NAC 459.446. “General purpose radiographic X-ray system” defined.
NAC 459.448. “Gonadal shield” defined.
NAC 459.450. “Half-value layer” defined.
NAC 459.452. “Image intensifier” defined.
NAC 459.454. “Image receptor” defined.
NAC 459.456. “Inherent filtration” defined.
NAC 459.458. “Kilowatt second” defined.
NAC 459.460. “Lead equivalent” defined.
NAC 459.462. “Leakage radiation” defined.
NAC 459.464. “Leakage technique factors” defined.
NAC 459.466. “Light field” defined.
NAC 459.468. “Maximum line current” defined.
NAC 459.470. “Mobile equipment” defined.
NAC 459.472. “Peak tube potential” defined.
NAC 459.474. “Phototimer” defined.
NAC 459.476. “Portable equipment” defined.
NAC 459.478. “Position indicating device” defined.
NAC 459.480. “Primary protective barrier” defined.
NAC 459.482. “Protective apron” defined.
NAC 459.484. “Protective barrier” defined.
NAC 459.486. “Protective glove” defined.
NAC 459.488. “Qualified expert” defined.
NAC 459.490. “Radiograph” defined.
NAC 459.492. “Radiographic imaging system” defined.
NAC 459.494. “Rating” defined.
NAC 459.496. “Recording” defined.
NAC 459.500. “Response time” defined.
NAC 459.502. “Scattered radiation” defined.
NAC 459.504. “Secondary protective barrier” defined.
NAC 459.506. “Source” defined.
NAC 459.508. “Source-image receptor distance” defined.
NAC 459.510. “Spot film” defined.
NAC 459.512. “Stationary equipment” defined.
NAC 459.514. “Stray radiation” defined.
NAC 459.516. “Technique factors” defined.
NAC 459.518. “Therapeutic-type protective tube housing” defined.
NAC 459.520. “Transportable equipment” defined.
NAC 459.522. “Tube” defined.
NAC 459.524. “Tube housing assembly” defined.
NAC 459.526. “Tube rating chart” defined.
NAC 459.528. “Useful beam” defined.
NAC 459.530. “Variable aperture beam-limiting device” defined.
NAC 459.532. “Visible area” defined.
NAC 459.534. “X-ray control” defined.
NAC 459.536. “X-ray equipment” defined.
NAC 459.538. “X-ray field” defined.
NAC 459.540. “X-ray high-voltage generator” defined.
NAC 459.542. “X-ray system” defined.
NAC 459.544. “X-ray subsystem” defined.
NAC 459.546. “X-ray tube” defined.
NAC 459.550. Scope.
NAC 459.552. Administrative controls: Direction of operation by registrants.
NAC 459.554. Administrative controls: Radiographic exposure.
NAC 459.556. Administrative controls: Minimum exposure techniques.
NAC 459.558. Personnel monitoring.
NAC 459.5585. Instruction on radiation safety.
NAC 459.559. Quality management program.
NAC 459.5595. Requirements for registrants of portable equipment which is hand-held and facilities which house such equipment.
NAC 459.564. Diagnostic X-ray systems.
NAC 459.566. Fluoroscopic X-ray systems: Limitation of useful beam; spot filming.
NAC 459.568. Fluoroscopic X-ray systems: Activation of the tube.
NAC 459.570. Fluoroscopic X-ray systems: Exposure rate limits.
NAC 459.572. Fluoroscopic X-ray systems: Barrier-rate limits.
NAC 459.574. Fluoroscopic X-ray systems: Indication of potential and current; source-skin distance; exceptions for fluoroscopy imaging system.
NAC 459.576. Fluoroscopic X-ray systems: Fluoroscopic timer; mobile fluoroscopes.
NAC 459.578. Fluoroscopic X-ray systems: Control of scattered radiation.
NAC 459.580. Intraoral dental radiographic systems.
NAC 459.581. Registration of electronic brachytherapy systems or additional therapeutic X-ray systems.
NAC 459.582. Therapeutic X-ray systems: Leakage radiation; diaphragms and beam-limiting devices.
NAC 459.584. Therapeutic X-ray systems: Filter systems, tube housing.
NAC 459.586. Therapeutic X-ray systems: Beam monitor.
NAC 459.588. Therapeutic X-ray systems: Timer; control panel.
NAC 459.590. Therapeutic X-ray systems: Requirements for design of treatment room.
NAC 459.592. Therapeutic X-ray systems: Surveys; calibration; operating procedures.
NAC 459.5921. Therapeutic X-ray systems: Submission of certain information to Division before installation of certain devices.
NAC 459.5922. Therapeutic X-ray systems: Requirements for authorized users.
NAC 459.5923. Therapeutic X-ray systems: Requirements for authorized medical physicist for electronic brachytherapy.
NAC 459.5924. Therapeutic X-ray systems: Requirements for radiation safety officers.
NAC 459.5925. Therapeutic X-ray systems: Requirements for persons who are not authorized users.
NAC 459.5926. Therapeutic X-ray systems: Requirements for use; posting of certain procedures; duties of registrants.
NAC 459.5927. Therapeutic X-ray systems: Radiation protection survey; portable monitoring equipment.
NAC 459.593. Electronic brachytherapy devices: Requirements for installation, maintenance, adjustment, service or repair.
NAC 459.5931. Electronic brachytherapy devices: Fees.
NAC 459.5932. Electronic brachytherapy devices: Validation of output; calibration.
NAC 459.5933. Electronic brachytherapy devices: Calibration of dosimetry system.
NAC 459.5934. Electronic brachytherapy devices: Spot checks.
NAC 459.5935. Electronic brachytherapy devices: Requirements for mobile electronic brachytherapy.
NAC 459.5936. Electronic brachytherapy devices: Acceptance test; comparison of position indicators; evaluation and approval of parameters for treatment.
NAC 459.5937. Electronic brachytherapy devices: Quality assurance program.
NAC 459.594. X-ray and electron therapy installations: General requirements.
NAC 459.596. X-ray and electron therapy installations: Leakage radiation; beam-limiting devices.
NAC 459.598. X-ray and electron therapy installations: Filters; beam monitors.
NAC 459.600. X-ray and electron therapy installations: Dose monitors.
NAC 459.602. X-ray and electron therapy installations: Switches; timers.
NAC 459.604. X-ray and electron therapy installations: Selections of radiation type, energy, and stationary or moving beam.
NAC 459.606. X-ray and electron therapy installations: Focal spot; beam orientation; system checks.
NAC 459.608. X-ray and electron therapy installations: Shielding requirements.
NAC 459.610. X-ray and electron therapy installations: Surveys; operating procedure; calibration.
NAC 459.612. X-ray and electron therapy installations: Spot checks.
NAC 459.614. Veterinary medicine radiographic installations.
NAC 459.616. Other radiographic systems: Beam limitation.
NAC 459.618. General purpose X-ray systems: Stationary and mobile.
NAC 459.620. Other radiographic systems: Special purpose systems.
NAC 459.622. Devices to control exposures.
NAC 459.624. Other radiographic systems: Source to skin distance; exposure reproducibility; standby radiation.