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144.1215

Statute ID: 16742

Department of Health - Handheld dental x-ray equipment

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Statute Number:

144.1215

Enactment Date:

May 30, 2017

Effective Date:

Jul 1, 2017

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Department of Health - Handheld dental x-ray equipment

Statute ID:

16742

Created:

Aug 7, 2017 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Aug 7, 2017 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Added

Legal Analyst Comment:

New SS 2017 c 6 art 9 sect 58

Summary Text:

Department of Health - Handheld dental x-ray equipment

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/144/1215.html

Legislative Session:

2017 - Regular

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Aug 7, 2017

Subd. 2.   
(a) Handheld dental x-ray equipment may be used if the equipment:

(1) has been approved for human use by the United States Food and Drug Administration and is being used in a manner consistent with that approval; and

(2) utilizes a backscatter shield that:

(i) is composed of a leaded polymer or a substance with a substantially equivalent protective capacity;

(ii) has at least 0.25 millimeters of lead or lead-shielding equivalent; and

(iii) is permanently affixed to the handheld dental x-ray equipment.

(b) The use of handheld dental x-ray equipment is prohibited if the equipment's backscatter shield is broken or not permanently affixed to the system.

(c) The use of handheld dental x-ray equipment shall not be limited to situations in which it is impractical to transfer the patient to a stationary x-ray system.

(d) Handheld dental x-ray equipment must be stored when not in use, by being secured in a restricted, locked area of the facility.

(e) Handheld dental x-ray equipment must be calibrated initially and at intervals that must not exceed 24 months. Calibration must include the test specified in Minnesota Rules, part 4732.1100, subpart 11.

(f) Notwithstanding Minnesota Rules, part 4732.0880, subpart 2, item C, the tube housing and the position-indicating device of handheld dental x-ray equipment may be handheld during an exposure.