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Canada – Nova Scotia Offshore Marine Installations and Structures Occupational Health and Safety Transitional Regulations

Version of section 140 from 2015-01-05 to 2017-08-22:

  •  (1) When a device that is capable of producing and emitting energy in the form of electromagnetic waves or acoustical waves is used in a workplace, the employer must, if the device is referred to in subsection (2), adopt and implement the applicable safety code of the Health Canada’s Radiation Protection Bureau as specified in that subsection.

  • (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the applicable safety code is

    • (a) in respect of radiofrequency and microwave devices in the frequency range 10 MHz to 300 GHz, Safety Code – 6, published in 2009;

    • (b) in respect of X-ray equipment in medical diagnosis, Safety Code – 35, published in 1999;

    • (c) in respect of baggage inspection X-ray equipment, Safety Code – 29;

    • (d) in respect of dental X-ray equipment, Safety Code – 30;

    • (e) in respect of ultrasound, Guidelines for the Safe Use of Diagnostic Ultrasound, published in 2001 and Safety Code – 24, published in 1991; and

    • (f) in respect of short-wave diathermy, Safety Code – 25, dated 1983.


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