Bureau of Radiological Health

The mission of Bureau programs is to protect Iowans from excessive exposure to radiation. Each year, Iowans are exposed to an average of 300 millirem of natural radiation and 60 millirem of manmade radiation. The Bureau functions under legislative mandates found in the Iowa Code, Chapters 136B, C and D.

Program activities include:

• licensing of facilities using radioactive materials;
• registration of facilities using radiation-producing machines or operating tanning units;
• inspection of facilities using radioactive materials;
• credentialing of persons using radioactive material or operating radiation-emitting machines;
• approval of training courses and continuing education; and
• emergency response as it relates to radioactive materials and nuclear power plant incidents.

Links to programs within the Bureau of Radiological Health:

• Healing Arts Screening  
• Mammography
• Permits to Practice for Diagnostic radiographers, Nuclear medicine technologists, Radiation therapists and Podiatry radiographers.
• Radiation Emergency Response
• Radioactive Materials
• Radon
• Tanning Facilities
• X-Ray Machines

• Table of Contents  
• Rule Changes for 2001  
• Rule Changes for 2002  
• Rule Changes for 2003  
• Rule Changes for 2004  
• Rule Changes for 2005  
• Rule Changes for 2006  
• Rule Changes for 2007  
• Rule Changes for September, 2007  
• Rule Changes for July, 2008  

How to get to the website to print off Iowa Rules

• Chapter 38: General provisions
• Chapter 39: Registration of x-ray, licensure of Radioactive materials, transportation
• Chapter 40: Radiation protection
• Chapter 41: Safety requirements for radiation machines (41.1) and medical use radioactive materials (41.2), therapeutic use (41.3), mammography 41.6 and 41.7)
• Chapter 42: Rules for certification of operators.
• Chapter 45: Industrial radiographic operations

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