S.L. 585.1 Art. 80Specific requirements.

Specific requirements for certain equipment:

(a) the use of fluoroscopy equipment without a device to automatically control the dose rate, or without an

(b) equipment used for external beam radiotherapy with a nominal beam energy exceeding 1 MeV has a device to verify key treatment parameters. Equipment installed prior to 6 February 2018 may be exempted from this requirement.

(c) any equipment used for interventional radiology has a device or a feature informing the practitioner and those carrying out practical aspects of the medical procedures of quantity of radiation produced by the equipment during the procedure. Equipment installed prior to 6 February 2018 may be exempted from this requirement.

(d) any equipment used for interventional radiology and computed tomography and any new equipment used for planning, guiding and verification purposes has a device or a feature informing the practitioner, at the end of the procedure, of relevant parameters for assessing the patient dose.

(e) equipment used for interventional radiology and computed tomography has the capacity to transfer the information required under 3(d) to the record of the examination. Equipment installed prior to 6 February 2018 may be exempted from this requirement.

(f) without prejudice to paragraphs (c), (d) and (e), new medical radiodiagnostic equipment producing ionising radiation has a device, or an equivalent means, informing the practitioner of relevant parameters for assessing the patient dose. Where appropriate, the equipment shall have the capacity to transfer this information to the record of the examination.