[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 42, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 42CFR37.50]



[Page 128-129]

 

                         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]