Shielding and Safety Design Requirements

(A) Each therapeutic radiation machine subject to 105 CMR 120.436 or 120.437 shall be provided with such primary and/or secondary barriers as are necessary to ensure compliance with 105 CMR 120.211 and 120.221. (B) Facility design information for all new installations of a therapeutic radiation machine or installations of a therapeutic radiation machine of higher energy into a room not previously approved for that energy shall be submitted for Agency approval prior to actual installation of the therapeutic radiation machine. The minimum facility design information that must be submitted is contained in 105 CMR 120.440: Appendix A. (C) Quality Assurance For Radiation Therapy Simulation Systems. (1) Quality assurance for a conventional or virtual simulator shall include acceptance testing and periodic verification of system performance; and (2) Be performed in accordance with "Comprehensive QA for Radiation Oncology: Report of AAPM Radiation Therapy Committee Task Group No.40: AAPM Report No. 46" for a conventional simulator; or (3) Be performed in accordance with "Quality assurance for computed tomography simulators and the computed tomography-simulation process: Report of the AAPM Radiation Therapy Committee Task Group No. 66: AAPM Report No. 83" for a virtual simulator.