New York State Department of Health Inspection Notices & Bills for X-Ray Equipment Registration

It is important for our members to be aware of items that might affect your practices. It has come to our attention that some offices that use X-ray equipment may receive an unexpected bill from the New York State Department of Health(NYS DOH). The department has not billed X-ray equipment fees for four years. Note the NYS DOH had hired a new group to improve the billing and payment process which resulted in this error.

X-ray inspection notices also have not gone out over these past four years. Bureau of Environmental Radiation Protection (BERP) advised that the timeframe for chiropractic offices is four years and the state would notify them when the inspection is due.

Whether or not a notice was received patient safety is always of the highest priority. Please review the link for patient safety practices for the requirements: 

https://www.health.ny.gov/environmental/radiological/radiation_safety_guides/qasmall.htm

Please get X-ray equipment inspected and calibrated annually. There should be a yellow sticker on the equipment which notes the date (either of inspection or due date for next inspection).

If you have further questions, please contact the offices below:

• New York City
  New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Office of Radiological Health
  718-310-2840
• New York State, excluding New York City
  New York Department of Health, Bureau of Environmental Radiation Protection (BERP)
  518-402-7570
  [email protected]

Special thanks to Dr. Robert Martin for doing the hard work of investigating this member issue.