X-ray guidance and policy

X-ray guidance

• R59-1 Colorado qualified inspector responsibilities form.
• R59-2 Colorado qualified inspector responsibilities form.
• Colorado facility registrant's responsibilities list.
• Colorado x-ray service company responsibilities.
• Companies Providing Personnel Radiation Monitoring (Dosimetry) Services - NVLAP Approved.
• Compliance Advisory - Remote Imaging.
• Educational resources for fluoroscopy operators.
• Educational resources for x-ray machine operators.
• FDA Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA).
• FDA x-ray performance standards.
• Fluoroscopy training.
• Guidance on wearing radiation dosimeter badges.
• Guidance update- rectangular dental collimator - under review. As of September 14, 2023, the department is proposing to remove the provision regarding the use of rectangular dental collimators. The guidance document has been removed from the web page due to the proposed rule change. Additional information on this proposed rulemaking.
• Interpretive Guidance - Dosimetry Monitoring - 12-15-2023.
• Interpretive guidance: imaging quality assurance and quality control programs.
• Interpretive guidance: Fluoroscopy operator registration.
• Interpretive guidance: registered medical physicist category.
• Interpretive guidance: supervision of students enrolled in an ARRT-recognized program.
• Interpretive Guidance: Use of Protective Apparel in Dental Imaging.
• Memo: illegal hand-held dental x-ray units.
• MQSA guidance.
  • Preparing for inspections.
  • Mammography facility survey, equipment evaluation and medical physicist qualification requirements.
• ​NVLAP-approved dosimetry providers.(Click on "Directory of Accredited Laboratories.")
• R-15 notice to employees - legal size.
  • ​Standards for protection against radiation, notices, instructions and reports to workers, inspections, employee protection.
• Procedural guidance: updated fluoroscopy training requirements.
• Radiation dose limits for declared pregnant women.
• Radiation protection program facility guidance.
• X-ray machine recycling and disposal.