[Intl_DxMedPhys] Are shielding surveys for replacements required?

[Mike Nimmo]

Hi Nima,

It is in the Title 25 Texas Administrative Code Chapter 133, Hospital
Licensing rules. Attached.

Thanks,

On Mon, Sep 8, 2025 at 1:38 PM Nima Kasraie via Intl_dxmedphys_wd_osu_list <
intl_dxmedphys_wd_osu_list at lists.osu.edu> wrote:

> 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
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> Hi all,
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> 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*?
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> TJC says yes.
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> For example, in *Texas*, I find no mention of the state regs where they 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.
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> 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?
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> I find it hard to accept that the state wouldn’t have any specific
> language on this issue.
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> Nima
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