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Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: July 5, 2024) |
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Title 42 - Public Health |
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Chapter I - Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services |
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SubChapter C - Medical Care and Examinations |
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Part 37 - Specifications for Medical Examinations of Coal Miners |
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Subpart - Chest Radiographic Examinations |
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Specifications for Performing Chest Radiographic Examinations |
§ 37.40 - General provisions.
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§ 37.40 General provisions.
(a) The chest radiographic examination must be given at a convenient time and place.
(b) The chest radiographic examination consists of the chest radiograph, a completed Chest Radiograph Classification Form (CDC/NIOSH 2.8), and a completed Miner Identification Document (CDC/NIOSH 2.9).
(c) A radiographic examination must be made in a facility approved in accordance with § 37.43 or § 37.44. Chest radiographs of miners under this section must be performed:
(1) By or under the supervision of a physician who makes chest radiographs in the normal course of practice and who has demonstrated ability to make chest radiographs of a quality to best ascertain the presence of pneumoconiosis; or
(2) By a radiologic technologist as defined in § 37.2.
[81 FR 73282, Oct. 24, 2016]