A licensee may not expose a person to diagnostic or therapeutic radiation except for healing arts purposes and only if the exposure has been authorized by a licensed practitioner of the healing arts or as permitted by 42 U.S.C. § 263b in effect on October 25, 2004, with reports going to the person's health care provider for follow-up. A licensee may not expose a person to the useful beam for non-healing arts training, instruction, or demonstration. The following X-radiation producing equipment may not be used and the following specified procedures may not be performed:

1. (1) Fluoroscopic devices for fitting shoes;
2. (2) Photofluorographic equipment;
3. (3) Intraoral fluoroscopy for dental examinations;
4. (4) Hand-held radiographic or fluoroscopic imaging devices, except for intra-oral radiographic imaging devices;
5. (5) The use of fluoroscopy for positioning a patient for general radiographic imaging, except for radiation therapy simulators;
6. (6) The use of fluoroscopy and c-arm X ray systems by a person other than a licensed practitioner of the healing arts unless under the supervision of a licensed practitioner of the healing arts;
7. (7) The use of direct exposure X ray film, without intensifying screens, for routine diagnostic procedures other than intraoral dental radiography, therapeutic portal imaging, and industrial radiography;
8. (8) Nonimage intensified fluoroscopic X ray equipment; or
9. (9) The use of X ray equipment for mammography unless specifically designed by the manufacturer for the imaging of the breast.

Source: SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 6 SDR 93, effective July 1, 1980; 26 SDR 96, effective January 23, 2000; 35 SDR 47, effective September 8, 2008 ; 50 SDR 41, effective October 11, 2023 .

General Authority: SDCL 34-21-4.1 , 34-21-15 .

Law Implemented: SDCL 34-21-4.1 , 34-21-23 .

Prior versions effective: 2008-09-08.