Ruling documents for
South Africa
| RSA GOVERNMENT | ||
| 1.1 | Hazardous Substances Act | Act No 15 of 1973 |
| 1.2 | Regulations concerning the control of electronic products | Regulation R1332 |
| Directorate Radiation Control (DRC) licensing conditions | ||
| 1.3 | Code of Practice for users of medical X-ray equipment | DRC 2015 |
| 1.4 | Requirements for licence holders with respect to quality control tests for diagnostic X-ray imaging systems | DRC 2012 |
| 1.5 DRC Guideline documents | ||
| 1.5.1 | Radiation monitoring requirements and
Radiation occurrences (11/2011) |
DRC Guideline |
| 1.5.2 | Personal monitoring when a lead rubber apron is worn – medical and veterinary use of X-ray equipment | DRC Guideline |
| 1.5.3 | Protective Clothing | DRC Guideline |
| 1.5.4 | Management of pregnant radiographers and other staff members | DRC Guideline |
| 1.5.5 | Medical examinations for radiation workers (10/2009) | DRC Guideline |
| 1.5.6 | Radiation protection of personnel in theatre | DRC Guideline |
| 1.5.7 | Monitoring of radiation workers in a theatre (11/2011) | DRC Guideline |
| 1.5.8 | Holding of patients during X-ray procedures (10/2009) | DRC Guideline |
| 1.5.9 | Request for medical X-ray examinations (10/2009) | DRC Guideline |
| 1.5.10 | FDA Public Health Notification: Reducing radiation risk from computed tomography for paediatric and small adult patients – (10/ 2009) | DRC Guideline |
| 1.5.11 | Patient dose measurements in diagnostic radiology (10/2009) | DRC Guideline |
| 1.5.12 | Design of X-ray rooms | DRC Guideline |
| 1.5.13 | Display and format of radiation warning signs at entrances to rooms containing X-ray units | DRC Guideline |
| 1.5.14 | Tube leakage procedures and measurements (NCRP report 2004) | DRC document |
| 1.5.15 | Minimum requirements for fixed diagnostic X-ray installations | DRC Guideline |
| 1.5.16 | Radiographic grid ratio (10/2009) | DRC Guideline |
| 1.5.17 | Bone densitometer – shielding, monitoring and positioning of operators (10/2009) | DRC Guideline |
| 1.5.18 | Test procedures for film processing and intensifying screens (6/2010) | DRC Guideline |
| 1.5.19 | Sensitometric technique for evaluation of processing (step) | DRC document |
| 1.5.20 | Sealing / not sealing and unsealing of X-ray units / film processors | DRC document |
| 1.5.21 | Display considerations for hospital-wide viewing of soft copy images (British Journal of Radiology 2007) | DRC document |
| 1.5.22 | Definitions: Supervision | DRC Guideline |
| 1.5.23 | Regulatory control of X-ray equipment used in the mining industry in South Africa to screen workers for security purposes (30/11/2011) | DRC Guideline |
| 1.5.24 | Requirement of conveyer belt/cabinet type luggage X-ray equipment (2/2/98) | DRC Guideline |
| 1.5.25 | Dental radiography | DRC Guideline |