Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-7-737 - Periodic Spot-checks for Teletherapy Units
A. A licensee authorized to use teletherapy
units for medical use shall perform output spot-checks on each teletherapy unit
once in each calendar month that include determination of:
1. Timer accuracy, and timer linearity over
the range of use;
2. On-off
error;
3. The coincidence of the
radiation field and the field indicated by the light beam localizing
device;
4. The accuracy of all
distance measuring and localization devices used for medical use;
5. The output for one typical set of
operating conditions measured with the dosimetry system described in
R9-7-733(B); and
6. The difference
between the measurement made in subsection (A)(5) and the anticipated output,
expressed as a percentage of the anticipated output.
B. A licensee shall perform measurements
required by subsection (A) in accordance with written procedures established by
an authorized medical physicist. That individual need not actually perform the
spot-check measurements.
C. A
licensee shall have an authorized medical physicist review the results of each
spot-check within 15 days. The authorized medical physicist shall notify the
licensee as soon as possible in writing of the results of each
spot-check.
D. A licensee
authorized to use a teletherapy unit for medical use shall perform safety
spot-checks of each teletherapy facility once in each calendar month and after
each source installation to assure proper operation of:
1. Electrical interlocks at each teletherapy
room entrance;
2. Electrical or
mechanical stops installed for the purpose of limiting use of the primary beam
of radiation (restriction of source housing angulation or elevation, carriage
or stand travel and operation of the beam on-off mechanism);
3. Source exposure indicator lights on the
teletherapy unit, on the control console, and in the facility;
4. Viewing and intercom systems;
5. Treatment room doors from inside and
outside the treatment room; and
6.
Electrically assisted treatment room doors with the teletherapy unit electrical
power turned off.
E. If
the results of the checks required in subsection (D) indicate the malfunction
of any system, a licensee shall lock the control console in the off position
and not use the unit except as may be necessary to repair, replace, or check
the malfunctioning system.
F. A
licensee shall retain a record of each spot-check required by subsections (A)
and (D) for three years from the date of the procedure, and a copy of the
procedures required by subsection (B) until licensee terminates all medical
activities involving the teletherapy unit.
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