Guidelines for radioactive equipment

All workplaces with radiation-emitting equipment (hospitals, doctors and dentists offices, veterinary clinics, etc.) are monitored.  

The Occupational Safety and Health Office checks to make sure all radiation-emitting equipment has been used according to an appropriate licence and in keeping with the following Government of Bermuda’s guidelines for radioactive equipment:  

Application for Radiation Protection 

• Dentist Application Form: Radiation Protection In Dentistry Seminar 2014
• Vets Application Form: Radiation Protection In Veterinarian Practices

Dentist Radiation Safety Guidelines 

• Guideline & Checklist for Installation of Lead Shielding in a diagnostic X-ray Facility - April 2014
• Guideline for Determining the X-ray Shielding Requirements for a Dental Intra-Oral Film Radiography Facility April 2014
• Safety Code 30 Dental X-ray Equipment
• Guidelines for Determining the X-ray Shielding for Panoramic and Cephalometic Facility - October 2014

Diagnostic Imaging Safety 

• Safety Code 35 - Radiation Protection in Radiology - Large Facilities

Vets Radiation Safety Guidelines 

• Guideline & Checklist for Installation of Lead Shielding in a Diagnostic X-Ray Facility 2014

• Guideline for Determining the X-Ray Shielding Requirements for a Dental Intra-Oral Film Radiography Facility

• Safety Code 28 Veterinary

Radiation Licence Application Form 

• Radiation Application Form

Radiation Licence Conditions 

• Conventional Dental X-Ray Equipment (Film)
• Intra-Oral Dental X-Ray Equipment (Digital)
• License Conditions - Caphalometic X-Ray Equipment
• License Conditions - CBCT (revised April 2014)
• License Conditions - Panormic X-Ray Equipment
• License Conditions – Veterinary X-Ray Film Equipment