California Code of Regulations (Last Updated: August 6, 2014) |
Title 8. Industrial Relations |
Division 1. Department of Industrial Relations |
Chapter 4. Division of Industrial Safety |
Subchapter 4. Construction Safety Orders |
Article 4. Dusts, Fumes, Mists, Vapors, and Gases |
Appendix E. |
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. |
HISTORY 1. New Appendix E to section 1529 filed 2-15-91; operative 2-15-91 pursuant to Government Code section 11346(d) (Register 91, No. 19). 2. Editorial correction of HISTORY 1. (Register 91, No. 45). 3. Amendment of appendix and Note filed 5-3-96; operative 7-3-96 (Register 96, No. 18). |