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Home My WebLink About70-04 - Mobile X-ray Units, Availability of X-ray Filmsq ' ORDINANCE NO. / -2% AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, REGULATING MOBILE X-RAY UNITS AND MAKING PROVISIONS FOR THE AVAILABILITY OF X-RAY FILMS The City Council of the City of Costa Mesa does hereby ordain as follows: SECTION 1. There is hereby added to Chapter XI of the Municipal Code of the City of Costa Mesa, Article 2 which shall read as follows: CHAPTER XI Health and Safety Article 2 Mobile X -Ray Units Sec. 11201. Permit Required. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation, to engagein, conduct, manage, or carry on the business, practice or occupation of mobile x-ray unit operator within the City of Costa Mesa without first having obtained a permit from the City Council and a license as hereinafter provided. Sec. 11202. Issuing Officer. All licenses issued pursuant to this Article shall be issued by the issuing office who shall be the County Health Officer acting as the Health Officer of the City of Costa Mesa. Sec. 11203. Fees. Each application for a permit to operate within the City of Costa Mesa shall be accompanied by a fee of $25.00 to defray costs of investigation. No part of said fee collected shall be refunded for any reason. No fee shall be charged by the County Health Officer acting as the City Health Officer for an application or license to operate a mobile x-ray unit. Sec. 11204. Definitions. MOBILE X-RAY UNIT means any x-ray generator which is, or can be, used for the purpose of making medical diagnostic photofluorographic films of persons, and which is installed in or upon a motor vehicle or trailer - 2 - so that it may be transported from place to place. MOBILE X-RAY OPERATOR means any person, or other entity, who owns or legally possesses, or operates, a mobilex-ray unit. Sec. 11205. Regulations: Scope. All mobile x-ray units shall comply with the requirements of the Radiation Control Law, Division 20, Chapter 7.6, California Health and Safety Code, together with regulations enacted pursuant thereto. Sec. 11206. Regulations: Investigation. Any person or entity desiring to operate a mobile x-ray unit shall make application to the County Health Officer,who is also the City Health Officer, on forms prescribed by him. The County Health Officer shall cause to be conducted an investigation of said applicant for a license to determine, among other things, the following items of information: (a) Whether or not said unit has a valid state registration as provided by Division 20, Chapter 7.6, California Health and Safety Code. (b) Whether or not said applicant has complied with applicable laws, ordinances, and regulations, including those relating to the reporting to the Health Officer of abnormal X-ray findings pursuant to regulations of the State Department of Public Health. (c) Whether theproper public notices, as required by state law, regulations enacted pursuant thereto, and local ordinances, have been posted in or upon the mobile unit. (d) The location and mailing address of all film files to be maintained by said mobile unit as hereinafter provided. (e) Whether the applicant and his specified personnel are qualified by reason of training and experience to operate a mobile x-ray unit in such a manner as to provide reasonable assurance of protection to health, life, and property. (f) Whether the applicants equipment, facilities, proposed uses and procedures are suah as to provide reasonable assurance of protection to health, life, and property. (g) Such other information as shall be required by the County Health Officer. - 3 - Sec. 11207. Regulations: License. No license shall be granted, renewed, or reinstated unless the County Health Officer determines, upon completing his investigation, that the mobile - x -ray unit is, or can be, operated in compliance with applicable laws, ordinances, and administrative regulations, and in a manner not detrimental to the health of the patrons, employees, and the general public, and that all operators of mobile x-ray equipment have been certified to operate same by the County Health Officer. Sec. 11208. Regulations: Duration. Licenses may be granted at any time during the year, but all licenses shall expire at the end of the calendar year. Sec. 11209. Regulations: Conditions. All mobile x-ray units shall be operated so as to comply with the following conditions: (a) No person under the age of fifteen (15) years is to be x-rayed unless such person has had a positive tuberculin skin test and presents a written statement, signed by a licensed practitioner of the healing arts, showing the method and the date of such positive skin test. A sign shall be posted in a prominent location on the mobile x-ray unit stating that no person under the age of fifteen (15) years is to be x-rayed unless such person has had a positive tuberculin skin test. (b) No pregnant woman shall be x-rayed in a mobile x-ray unit unless so ordered in writing by a licensed practitioner of the healing arts. A sign shall be posted in a prominent location on the mobile x-ray unit stating that no pregnant woman shall be x-rayed. (c) The mobile x-ray operator shall require all persons, before being x-rayed, to complete an information form showing the following: Name; age; sex; address; telephone number; the person's physician's name and address-, if a female, whether - 4 - pregnant; if under fifteen (15) years of age, whether the person has had a positive tuberculin skin test, and the date of such test. (d) All x-ray films shall be retained by the operator for at least ten (10) years. Each patient shall receive from the mobile x-ray operator a report of his x-ray findings within thirty (30) days. Every thirty (30) days, the operator shall submit to the Health Officer a report of the total number of x-ray. films taken during the preceding calendar month. (e) The mobile x-ray operator shall make x-ray films available for use by the physician of the person x-rayed, provided said person gives his consent in writing. The operator may make a reasonable charge for such service. (f) A sign shall be posted in a prominent location on the mobile x- ray unit stating essentially the following: "A chest x-ray film is a useful aid to the physician in diagnosing chest disease. It is not a complete examination. See your family doctor for an examination at least once a year." The County Health Officer shall have the right to determine the location, size, and wording of all required signs. (g) At least fourteen (14) calendar days prior to the operation of a mobile x-ray unit in any location, the operator shall notify the County Health Officer of the address, city or area, together with the dates and hours of such operation. (h) The name and address of the mobile x-ray operator shall be plainly printed on each side of the exterior of the vehicle or trailer in letters at least three (3) inches high. The name and address of the mobile x-ray operator shall appear on all forms, letters, pamphlets, or other printed matter used in conjunction with the unit. Neither sign nor printed matter shall contain any statements expressed or implied that the mobile x-ray unit is associated with any health department or other M60 public or private health agency. (i) The mobile x-ray operation shall comply with all applicable city ordinances and resolutions while operating within a city. Sec. 11210. Regulations: Operation. No mobile x-ray unit shall be operated unless the operator thereof has been licensed as hereinbefore provided. No mobile x-ray unit shall be operated by any person other than the applicant or the persons specified in his application. SECTION 2. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force thirty (30) days from and after its passage, and before the ex- piration of fifteen (15) days after the passage thereof shall be published once in the Orange Coast Daily Pilot, a newspaper published in the City of Costa Mesa, together with the names of the members of the City Council voting for and against the same. �� Mayor of the City of Costa Mesa ATTEST: City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE )SS CITY OF COSTA MESA ) I, C. K. PRIEST, City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and foregoing Ordinance %O -y was introduced and considered section by section at a regular meeting of the said City Council held on the /,Z A dayof �N, 19 70 , and thereafter passed and adopted as a whole at a regular meeting of the said City Council held on the i9 wy. day of Drk h a g,, , 19._ 70 _, by the following roll call vote: AYES: COUNCILMEN i w �dt [Xy J7• ��4 /y (iOC?da.y k/eI NOES: COUNCILMEN ABSENT: COUNCILMEN IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the City of Costa Mesa, this .2p 'A day ofij,�„�e�� 1970. � City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS. CITY OF COSTA MESA ) I am a citizen of the United States and o resident of the County aforesaid; I am over the age of eighteen years, and not a party to or interested in the below entitled matter. I am the Legal Advertising Manager of the ORANGE COAST DAILY PILOT, a newspaper of gen- eral circulation, printed and published in the City of Costa Mesa, County of Orange, State of California, and I certify the Cit ty Ordinance Number 70-4 of which the copy attached hereto is a true and complete copy, was printed and published in the regular issue(s) of said newspaper on January 26, 1970 _. I declare, under penalty of perjury, that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on January 26 , 1970 at Costa Mesa, California. 7 (spnw:n./ l STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS. CITY OF COSTA MESA ) I, C. K. PRIEST, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that Ordinance No. 70'4 was introduced and considered, section by section, at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, held on the I2th - day of January 19 70 and thereafter passed and adopted as a whole at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 119th day of January , 193Q, by the following roll -call vote: AYES: COUNCILMEN - WILSON, TUCKER, ST. CLAIR, JORDAN, PINKLEY NOES: COUNCILMEN - NONE ABSENT: COUNCILMEN - NONE I FURTHER CERTIFY that said Ordinance No. 70-4 was published in the ORANGE COAST DAILY PILOT, a newspaper of general circulation, printed and published in the City of Costa Mesa, on the 26th day of January —1970 City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa 8 Y OF Caste $ , 11A1. Permit Repulred. It Shall W unlaWlul lar any person, firm, or commando, to engage in, con duct, m n the business. Mice occupation M mobile x-ray enit o Bader Within the CIN of Costa Nesa wlmWt III. hand. detains!' a Permie Yom the ntr nWmu ane a license mT means am xray eebe, usual ler mPO mal plasmatic m, m aarsIns. and Im wd x- y films seen be . by me a`dr for at Inas` too 'a) Years. Eacd pa':en` shall recelva hen the mobyle o ra`o, a reWrt of 'i5 fi""g main thirty M) x-,lllCVP' 1Ctr:y M the c erafdr shall s c'.1i1 to he Health O - `icer a I Fort of the .1a1 Wmber of x rev `'rims taken dcrina the Preceding onY person omEF n n 1bt o the'O a205nn rd - SECTIONnR. Teta Ordinance 5ha11 taRe Nled aM be Iry lull tore lfilrty IOUI days Tmm am ane. da pass as aw afterethe Feisleeel 9ezM ranaullec davz lashed o n me Oran9a5 Cwst oso, PIIel' once paper dobliT n `M Cdv 51 d std Mesa daymbene Nr metfi Cur naunmCcunell voting In aeM against the same. ofCosta Mesa A iE SA ;t' Clark and ex-W- lndl df Inc City of Celtitr I'm a he city council of me 1Im day a1 d olrg oNlnanee J6 mlderad aM ite that cs ou0 ssad and adopted hboodmN vote aI a on Januar, 19, ".. of Costa Mesa, this '0M nov of January, 19]0. C K. PRIEST Ci1v Clank am exNfic:o Clete M the Clry Councll t no City of Cosh Mesa Jat1lis m 14.ae Coast Oally PJHU