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Waste Not, Want Not: Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control Programs Protect Utah Residents
Learn how the Utah DEQ Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control protects Utah residents through its waste, radiation, and recycling programs.
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X-Ray Program
X-ray Registration and Inspection Fee Increases On July 1, 2025, x-ray registration fees will increase from $45 to $55 per tube. Related Links X-ray inspection fees will increase as listed below: Administered properly, radiation is an invaluable tool in the diagnosis, treatment and management of disease. But most radiologic procedures also carry a potential health…
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X-Ray Dose Comparisons: X-Ray Program
How are x-ray dose comparisons achieved? Among experts there is no universal agreement on whether there is a risk associated with the small amounts of radiation exposure received from medical x-rays and if there is a risk what is the likelihood (probability) of harmful effects arising at some future date. Different methods have been formulated…
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X-Ray Guidance: X-Ray Program
Download x-ray guidance/equipment evaluation documents and read about nationwide x-ray trends evaluation. Related Links Equipment Evaluation Guidance The following Equipment Evaluation Guidelines are provided in PDF format. Nationwide Evaluation of X-ray Trends In 1973 the Nationwide Evaluation of X-ray Trends (NEXT) program was established to estimate the radiation exposure from specific diagnostic x-ray procedures. NEXT…
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Utah Chiropractic Radiograph: X-Ray Guidance
Entrance Skin Exposures The desired state for the use of radiation in chiropractic offices is to obtain necessary diagnostic information with minimal exposure to the patient, office personnel and the general public. Related Links The Utah Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control (DWMRC) has determined that patient exposure levels for radiographs throughout the state…
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Reducing Your Patient’s Exposure:
X-Ray GuidanceRelated Links A wide range of patient exposure occurs in diagnostic radiology. For example, the entrance skin exposure (ESE) for an x-ray of a hand is only a few mR; however, ESE’s in fluoroscopy may be several thousand mR. This wide range of exposures is expected and hardly surprising. What is surprising is that even…
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Lowering Your Patient’s Entrance Skin Exposures (ESEs):
X-Ray GuidanceThe following steps may be taken to lower your patient’s Entrance Skin Exposures (ESEs) from x-ray units in your office: Related Links If you have additional questions please contact Utah Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control at (801) 536-0200.
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Veterinary Guidance: X-Ray Guidance
Veterinary X-Ray guidance compiled by Utah Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control (DWMRC). Related Links Keeping Radiation Exposures to X-Ray System Operators As Low As Reasonably Achievable (ALARA) in Veterinary Clinics/Hospitals Utah Radiation Control Rules require that registrants develop and implement a radiation safety program. One aspect of radiation safety programs are written radiation…
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Utah X-Ray Data: X-Ray Program
Related Links In the period 1994 to 1996 a survey of 94 x-ray units in medical facilities in Utah that perform C-Spine x-ray procedures was completed by the Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control (DWMRC). The purpose of the survey was to evaluate exposure to a “Standard Man”. The X-ray data figures below are…
