Office of Radiation Control

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Welcome to the Office of Radiation Control (ORC). Our mission is to protect the health and safety of Delawareans by regulating the use of ionizing radiation in medicine, industry, research and education, and to provide health protection resources in the event of a radiological emergency.

This office performs pre-operational inspections for new radiation machine facilities, inspects and registers facilities that use radiation machines, registers facilities that use radioactive materials, registers radiation service providers, and issues certificates for administering radiation to human patients, by qualifying medical and dental radiation technologists and technicians.

Program Notices

Change to Delaware Radiation Control Regulations

Notice to Practice Community, posted June 1, 2019

This notice describes new regulatory requirements for the healing arts community, established in final regulations published on November 1, 2018. The notice provides highlights of the new requirements by section in the newly published regulation, and announces a grace period for implementing new requirements, to end June 1, 2020. Click on the link for more information.

Effective November 13th, 2018, the following sets of regulations (Title 16 Delaware Administrative Code, 4465 Chapter 74, Radiation Control) were published as final rule: Parts A, B, D, F, H, K, and X. More information is available here.

Office of Radiation Control News Archives

Verification of Delaware Certified Listings

Certified Radiation Technologists and Technicians
(searchable PDF)
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Registered Radiation Service Providers
(searchable PDF)
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Resources

Delaware Radiation Control Regulations 4465
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USERS GUIDE to Radiation Technologist/Technician Certification
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Office of Radiation Control Webpage Brochure
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USERS GUIDE To Machine Registration (XRay) Permit Manual (PDF)
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Delaware Radiation Control Program Report for 2017 (PDF)
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Declaration of Pregnancy - Sample Letter
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Delaware Notice to Employees of Radiation Source Facilities - Form X (PDF)
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Applying For Certification or Registration Without a Social Security Number
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Regulatory Program Areas Please click on one of the four programs below to see more details about that program:
Radiological Technologist & Technician Certification State licensure of individuals	Radiation Machine Facility Registration State regulatory oversight of facilities that possess radiation machines
Radiation Service Provider Registration State registration of companies or persons who provide professional services to radiation source facilities	Radioactive Material Facility Registration State registration of facilities that possess radioactive materials

State/Federal Partners

Radiation Emergency Resources

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