<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.s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abdP0 { 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.s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abdC0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abdC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abdC0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abd000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abdC0-000003 { 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="s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abdP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abdC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=44:03:01:10.02"><span class="s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abdC0-000000">44:03:01:10.02</span></a><span class="s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abdC0-000001">.  Operator protection requirements.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abdC0"> Operators of fixed medical radiographic units shall be within a shielded area large enough to provide protection from unattenuated </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abdC0">direct </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abdC0">scatter or stray radiation originating from the table or </span><span class="s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abdC0">wall-mounted image receptor. The booth walls must be permanently fixed barriers of at least two meters high</span><span class="s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abdC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abdP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abd000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abdP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abdC0">    Operators of dental radiographic units must comply with § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=44:03:01:08.06"><span class="s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abdC0-000003">44:03:01:08.06</span></a><span class="s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abdC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abdP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abd000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abdP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abdC0">    A lead glass patient-viewing window, mirrors, closed circuit television, or an equivalent system must be available to permit the operator to continuously observe the patient during exposure. If a patient-viewing window is used, it must be a minimum of one square foot and must be located at least eighteen inches from the edge of the control booth for any new construction and any renovation, addition or change in space use of existing facilities. The exposure switch must be permanently mounted so that it cannot be conveniently operated outside the shielded area.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abdP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abd000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abdP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abdC0">    For mobile and portable X ray systems to be used less than one week in the same location, the control must be positioned so that the operator is at least six feet away from the tube housing and the patient during an exposure and is not exposed to greater than two millirems </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abdC0">or 0.02 millisievert </span><span class="s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abdC0">in any one hour.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abdP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abd000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abdP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abdC0">    For mobile and portable X ray systems to be used more than one week in the same location, the operator must be provided with a movable protective barrier at least 6.5 feet high, </span><span class="s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abdC0">thirty</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abdC0"> inches wide, and </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abdC0">equipped with </span><span class="s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abdC0">a lead glass viewing window.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abdP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abd000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abdP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abdC0">    </span><span class="s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abdC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abdC0"> 26 SDR 96, effective January 23, 2000; 32 SDR 128, effective January 30, 2006</span><span class="s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abdC0">; 50 SDR 41, effective October 11, 2023</span><span class="s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abdC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abdP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abdC0">    </span><span class="s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abdC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abdC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-21-4.1"><span class="s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abdC0-000003">34-21-4.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abdC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-21-15"><span class="s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abdC0-000003">34-21-15</span></a><span class="s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abdC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abdP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abdC0">    </span><span class="s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abdC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abdC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-21-4.1"><span class="s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abdC0-000003">34-21-4.1</span></a><span class="s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abdC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abdP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7d6ce570-efe6-4772-aa0a-a2a138025abd000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>