[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR37.50]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 37--SPECIFICATIONS FOR MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS OF UNDERGROUND COAL MINERS--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart--Chest Roentgenographic Examinations
 
Sec. 37.50  Interpreting and classifying chest roentgenograms.

    (a) Chest roentgenograms shall be interpreted and classified in 
accordance with the ILO Classification system and recorded on a 
Roentgenographic Interpretation Form (Form CDC/NIOSH (M)2.8).
    (b) Roentgenograms shall be interpreted and classified only by a 
physician who regularly reads chest roentgenograms and who has 
demonstrated proficiency in classifying the

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pneumoconioses in accordance with Sec. 37.51.
    (c) All interpreters, whenever interpreting chest roentgenograms 
made under the Act, shall have immediately available for reference a 
complete set of the ILO International Classification of Radiographs for 
Pneumoconioses, 1980.

    Note: This set is available from the International Labor Office, 
1750 New York Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20006 (Phone: 202/376-2315).

    (d) In all view boxes used for making interpretations:
    (1) Fluorescent lamps shall be simultaneously replaced with new 
lamps at 6-month intervals;
    (2) All the fluorescent lamps in a panel of boxes shall have 
identical manufacturer's ratings as to intensity and color;
    (3) The glass, internal reflective surfaces, and the lamps shall be 
kept clean;
    (4) The unit shall be so situated as to minimize front surface 
glare.

[43 FR 33715, Aug. 1, 1978, as amended at 49 FR 7564, Mar. 1, 1984]