S.L. 585.1 Art. 81Special practices. during pregnancy and breastfeeding.

(1) Appropriate medical radiological equipment, practical techniques and ancillary equipment shall be used in medical exposure:

(a) of children;

(b) as part of a health screening programme;

(c) involving high doses to the patient, which may be the case in interventional radiology, nuclear medicine, computed tomography or radiotherapy.

(2) Special attention shall be given to quality assurance programmes and the assessment of dose or verification of administered activity for these practices.

(3) Practitioners and those individuals referred to in regulation 69 who perform the exposures referred to in sub-regulation

(1) shall obtain appropriate training on these medical radiological practices as required by regulation 18. whether the individual subject to medical exposure is pregnant or breastfeeding, unless it can be ruled out for obvious reasons or is not relevant for the radiological procedure.

(2) If pregnancy cannot be ruled out and depending on the medical radiological procedure, in particular if abdominal and pelvic regions are involved, special attention shall be given to the justification, particularly the urgency, and to the optimisation, taking into account both the expectant individual and the unborn child.

(3) In the case of a breastfeeding individual, in nuclear medicine, depending on the medical radiological procedure, special attention shall be given to the justification, particularly the urgency, and to the optimisation, taking into account both the individual and the child.

(4) Without prejudice to sub-regulations 1, 2 and 3, undertakings shall take measures to increase the awareness of individuals to whom this regulation applies, through measures such as public notices in appropriate places.