<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144P0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0-000003 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=44:03:01:10.01"><span class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0-000000">44:03:01:10.01</span></a><span class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0-000001">.  Requirements for personal protective devices.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0"> Special personal protective devices </span><span class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0">must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0"> be used to protect eyes, skin, bone, and certain </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0">active blood-forming </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0">organs from unnecessary radiation exposure when possible </span><span class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0">The licensee must ensure</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0"> devices </span><span class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0">are</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0"> readily accessible and in good working condition.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0">    A gonad shield of not less than 0.5 millimeters lead equivalent material must be used for human patients who have not passed the reproductive age during radiographic procedure in which the gonads are in the useful beam, unless the shield would interfere with the diagnostic procedure</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0"> or during abdominal or pelvic imaging in which automatic exposure control is used. For the purposes of this section, reproductive age means a person who is at least twelve years old but under the age of fifty-five and is capable of bearing or fathering children</span><span class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0">    </span><span class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0">The licensee shall check</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0"> equipment </span><span class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0">used to reduce radiation exposure</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0"> annually for defects. </span><span class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0">The licensee shall make and maintain a</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0"> record of this test. If </span><span class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0">a</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0"> defect is found, </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0">the </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0">equipment </span><span class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0">must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0"> be replaced or removed from service until repaired</span><span class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0">    Mechanical-holding devices </span><span class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0">must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0"> be used when the technique permits. The individual holder </span><span class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0">must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0"> be protected and no individual may be used routinely to hold </span><span class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0">the image receptor</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0"> or patient. Written safety procedures </span><span class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0">must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0"> indicate the requirements for selecting an individual to be a holder and the procedure the holder shall follow.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0">    </span><span class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0"> 26 SDR 96, effective January 23, 2000</span><span class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0">; 50 SDR 41, effective October 11, 2023</span><span class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0">    </span><span class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-21-4.1"><span class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0-000003">34-21-4.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-21-15"><span class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0-000003">34-21-15</span></a><span class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0">    </span><span class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-21-4.1"><span class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0-000003">34-21-4.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-21-25"><span class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0-000003">34-21-25</span></a><span class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb61db373-9593-4b0a-a325-b6df544a9144000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>