Guidelines

Radioscopy – Radiography – Classrooms – Employee

Specific guidelines for devices intended for RADIOSCOPE:

	The device must be equipped in such a way that the investigating person as well as any person in the vicinity of the user is protected from direct and secondary radiation.
	The device must contain the necessary components to reduce the cross-sectional area of the beam to the smallest value required for the study.
	The X-ray tube and image intensifier must be aligned and interconnected.
	Radioscopy without image enhancement is prohibited.

Specific guidelines for devices intended for RADIOGRAPHY:

	The devices must be equipped with the necessary elements to enable accurate beam localization.
	The places where the user and any other person must be and which may be exposed to radiation during operations are shielded.

The classrooms:

The premises where radiological installations are located must meet the following conditions:

	Along the outside of premises where persons may reside, the received dose should not reach 0.02 MSv per week, this under the normal operating conditions of the device.
	It must be possible to lock the premises without preventing them from leaving the room at any time.
	The radioactivity symbol should be placed on each door.
	Staff members, as well as any person near the user, should be protected from ionizing radiation(as mentioned above). This protection is available in the premises.
	The premises should be of a size large enough to allow easy movement around the tables and for the user and any other person to remain at a sufficient distance from the source and useful beam.

The employee
An employee may only use radiological equipment for medical purposes in accordance with the instructions and under the legal control and responsibility of a licensed physician. This license is issued to physicians who can present a diploma, certificate or a certificate of competence in the diagnostic use of X-rays showing that they have received university-level training of at least 45 hours of theory and 30 hours of practice and have successfully undergone a knowledge audit for this purpose.

The training covers the techniques used in radiology, the medical consequences of exposure to ionizing radiation, the practical rules of radiation protection including the physical bases, radiation protection legislation, the methods of measuring radiation, the estimation and assessment of the doses to which the patient is exposed during a radiological examination.

Physicians who use X-rays for medical-diagnostic purposes are required to maintain and perfect their knowledge and competence in the field of radiation protection as part of continuing education at the university level.

The employer shall ensure that each employee operating the equipment has received training commensurate with their professional activity. Upon request, the employer must be able to provide each staff member in the radiology department with a certificate or a certificate of competence attesting that the person has received appropriate training of a level at least equivalent to that of a non-university higher education, covering a total of at least 50 hours, including at least 10 hours of practical training.

This training covers the techniques used, the medical consequences of exposure to ionizing radiation, the practical rules of radiation protection including their physical bases, radiation protection legislation the quality assurance and, in particular, the quality control procedures of the devices used. The course pays particular attention to the medical exposures of children, or those performed in the context of medical population screening programs or involving high doses such as interventional radiology and CT scan.