Radiation Safety (General) Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 1998 (WA)
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RADIATION SAFETY ACT 1975
RADIATION SAFETY (GENERAL) AMENDMENT REGULATIONS (No. 2) 1998 Made by the Governor in Executive Council.
Citation1. These regulations may be cited as the Radiation Safety (General) Amendment Regulations
(No. 2) 1998.
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2. These regulations come into operation on 1 July 1998.
Regulation 38 amended
3.Regulation 38 (5) of the Radiation Safety (General) Regulations 1983* is amended by
inserting after paragraph (b) the following paragraphs—
(ba) a licensed medical practitioner with specialist qualifications (other than a per-
By Command of the Governor, M. C. WAUCHOPE, Clerk of the Executive Council.
son to whom paragraph (a) or (b) applies) who is using the apparatus—
(i) for a purpose relevant to those qualifications; and
(ii) in the presence of a radiographer who has responsibility for positioning
and manipulating the apparatus, minimizing patient and personnel radia- tion exposure and maintaining the records required by the conditions of the registration;
(bb) a medical practitioner training for specialist qualifications (other than a per-
son to whom paragraph (b) applies) who—
(i) has attended an approved course of training and has passed an examina-
tion in radiation safety;
(ii) is using the apparatus under the direction and general supervision of a
licensed medical practitioner; and
(iii) is using the apparatus for a purpose relevant to those qualifications in the
presence of a radiographer who has responsibility for positioning and ma- nipulating the apparatus, minimizing patient and personnel radiation ex- posure and maintaining the records required by the conditions of the regis- tration;
[* Reprinted as at 4 April 1995.
For amendments to 2 February 1998 see 1996 Index to Legislation of Western Australia,
Table 4, pp. 225-6, and Gazette 22 July and 19 August 19971
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