CFR > Title 42 - Public Health > CHAPTER I—PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES > SUBCHAPTER C—MEDICAL CARE AND EXAMINATIONS (parts 31 to 38) > PART 37—SPECIFICATIONS FOR MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS OF UNDERGROUND COAL MINERS > SUBPART —Chest Roentgenographic Examinations (§37.1 to §37.80) > 37.50—Interpreting and classifying chest roentgenograms.

37.50—Interpreting and classifying chest roentgenograms.

(a) Chest roentgenograms shall be interpreted and classified in accordance with the ILO Classification system and recorded on a Roentgenographic Interpretation Form (Form CDC/NIOSH (M)2.8).
(b) Roentgenograms shall be interpreted and classified only by a physician who regularly reads chest roentgenograms and who has demonstrated proficiency in classifying the pneumoconioses in accordance with § 37.51.
(c) All interpreters, whenever interpreting chest roentgenograms made under the Act, shall have immediately available for reference a complete set of the ILO International Classification of Radiographs for Pneumoconioses, 1980.

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Note: This set is available from the International Labor Office, 1750 New York Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20006 (Phone: 202/376-2315).
(d) In all view boxes used for making interpretations:
(1) Fluorescent lamps shall be simultaneously replaced with new lamps at 6-month intervals;
(2) All the fluorescent lamps in a panel of boxes shall have identical manufacturer's ratings as to intensity and color;
(3) The glass, internal reflective surfaces, and the lamps shall be kept clean;
(4) The unit shall be so situated as to minimize front surface glare.
[43 FR 33715, Aug. 1, 1978, as amended at 49 FR 7564, Mar. 1, 1984]