Regulations (Standards - 29 CFR)
Interpretation and classification of chest roentgenograms - mandatory - 1926.1101 App E

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• Part Number: 1926
• Part Title: Safety and Health Regulations for Construction
• Subpart: Z
• Subpart Title: Toxic and Hazardous Substances
• Standard Number: 1926.1101 App E
• Title: Interpretation and classification of chest roentgenograms - mandatory

(a) Chest roentgenograms shall be interpreted and classified in accordance with a professionally accepted classification system and recorded on an interpretation form following the format of the CDC/NIOSH (M) 2.8 form. As a minimum, the content within the bold lines of this form (items 1 through 4) shall be included. This form is not to be submitted to NIOSH..

(b) Roentgenograms shall be interpreted and classified only by a B-reader, a board eligible/certified radiologist, or an experienced physician with known expertise in pneumoconioses.

(c) All interpreters, whenever interpreting chest roentgenograms made under this section, shall have immediately available for reference a complete set of the ILO-U/C International Classification of Radiographs for Pneumoconioses, 1980.


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