GroundRules
42 CFR 37.40: General provisions.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 42—Public Health
- CHAPTER I—PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
- SUBCHAPTER C—MEDICAL CARE AND EXAMINATIONS
- PART 37—SPECIFICATIONS FOR MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS OF COAL MINERS
- Subpart—Chest Radiographic Examinations
(a) The chest radiographic examination must be given at a convenient time and place.
(b) The chest radiographic examination consists of the chest radiograph, a completed Chest Radiograph Classification Form (CDC/NIOSH 2.8), and a completed Miner Identification Document (CDC/NIOSH 2.9).
(c) A radiographic examination must be made in a facility approved in accordance with § 37.43 or § 37.44. Chest radiographs of miners under this section must be performed:
(1) By or under the supervision of a physician who makes chest radiographs in the normal course of practice and who has demonstrated ability to make chest radiographs of a quality to best ascertain the presence of pneumoconiosis; or
(2) By a radiologic technologist as defined in § 37.2.
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