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<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">South Carolina regulations require a new shielding plan and shielding evaluation whenever a new x-ray system is installed or replaces an existing system.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">Eugene</div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font face="monospace">---------------------------------------------------------------------<br>Eugene Mah, Ph.D., DABR <a href="mailto:eugenemah@gmail.com" target="_blank">eugenemah@gmail.com</a><br>Medical Physicist <a href="mailto:maheug@musc.edu" target="_blank">maheug@musc.edu</a><br> "For I am a Bear of Very Little<br> Brain, and long words Bother<br>Charleston, SC 29425 me." - Winnie the Pooh<br><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://v16.imablog.net/__;!!KGKeukY!3fYTxnODWFhpPwU11j1j_M3uMCCu7FoYXn9EiILzwW1tg_GQ70QdPkbNrFhTX1mjf6COWi7qFXTp1Gd8ZYNeCl4k3QLCEn4PL77NCiVF$" target="_blank">https://v16.imablog.net/</a> Jabber: <a href="mailto:imabug@imabug.net" target="_blank">imabug@imabug.net</a><br><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://blog.ab4ug.net/__;!!KGKeukY!3fYTxnODWFhpPwU11j1j_M3uMCCu7FoYXn9EiILzwW1tg_GQ70QdPkbNrFhTX1mjf6COWi7qFXTp1Gd8ZYNeCl4k3QLCEn4PL_nJuMDe$" target="_blank">https://blog.ab4ug.net/</a><br>PGP KeyID PGP key available on request O-<br>0x56B705CAE9542BB8<br>---------------------------------------------------------------------</font></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Sep 8, 2025 at 2:39 PM Nima Kasraie via Intl_dxmedphys_wd_osu_list <<a href="mailto:intl_dxmedphys_wd_osu_list@lists.osu.edu">intl_dxmedphys_wd_osu_list@lists.osu.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg1021400654391859997">
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Hi all, If you replace a fluoro room with a similar model and vendor with no changes to room shielding and walls, do you still need to do a shielding survey, legally speaking? TJC says yes. But what about the states? For example, in Texas, I</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Hi all,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">If you replace a fluoro room with a similar model and vendor
<b>with no changes to room shielding and walls</b>, do you still need to do a shielding survey,
<b>legally speaking</b>?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">TJC says yes.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">But what about the states?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">For example, in
<b><span style="color:rgb(238,0,0)">Texas</span></b>, I find no mention of the state regs where they<b>
</b>compel a shielding survey for diagnostic X-ray/fluoroscopy rooms. It’s not in TAC 289.227, nor any of the adopted rules I could find.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">But if the state doesn’t ask for it, can they expect a post-installation shielding confirmation—especially for high-dose fluoro rooms—even if that expectation isn't explicitly
stated in 227?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">I find it hard to accept that the state wouldn’t have any specific language on this issue.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Nima<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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