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Radiation Control

Protecting the health and safety of the Commonwealth from the harmful effects of ionizing and non-ionizing radiation.

Radioactive materials can pose a range of issues. The Division of Radiation Control (DRC) staff works to address these. This includes the regulation of specific radioactive sources, x-ray technology, nuclear medicine, mammography, professional training and licensure for radiologic technologists, laser registration, and more.

What would you like to do?

Top tasks

BCEH License & Registration Verification Site  Mammography resources 

All other tasks

Apply for Radiologic Technologist or Limited Scope of Practice in Radiography License  Renew your Radiologic Technologist license  Apply for a temporary Radiologic Technologist license  Apply for a Massachusetts Radioactive Material License  Apply for a Massachusetts Radioactive Material License by reciprocity  Apply to be a registered consultant to perform duties involving radiation or radioactive materials  Apply for a Mammography facility license  Register a Mammography machine  Register an ionizing radiation source  Register an accelerator unit (electron beam accelerators, electrocurtains, and ion implanters)  LASER Device Services: registration, disposal, transfer, and temporary use  Register a generally licensed or Tritium radioactive device  Register an industrial X-ray device  Report the disposal of medical X-Ray unit(s)  Apply for a certificate to use depleted uranium under a general license  Apply for a certificate for in-vitro testing with radioactive material under a general license  Submit a Radioactive Waste Survey  Submit a Cumulative Occupational Exposure History Form or Occupational Exposure for a Monitoring Period Form  Request to take the ARRT fluoroscopy exam and become qualified to perform fluoroscopic procedures as a Physician Assistant (PA)  Submit a Certificate of Termination: Disposition of Radioactive Material  Become a Radiation Safety Officer 

What you need to know

Electromagnetic Fields or “EMF”   Radioactive Materials  Division of Radiation Control registration of services (consultants)  Division of Radiation Control (DRC) information notices & guidelines  Radiation Control Program regulations  Radiological emergency information  Emergency preparedness: Planning Section of the Radiation Control Program  Electromagnetic Fields (EMF) and LASERs  Fluoroscopy  Low level radioactive waste  Occupational Exposure  Potassium Iodide (KI)  Tanning facilities  Environmental Radiation Laboratory  Radioactive Materials Program  Mammography  Health effects of Radium radiation exposure  Division of Radiation Control application forms  Environmental monitoring 

Contact Information

Address

250 Washington St., 7th Floor, Boston, MA 02108
Directions

Phone

Main number Call Division of Radiation Control (DRC), Main number at (617) 624-5757

Monday–Friday 9 a.m.–5 p.m.

DRC emergency number Call Division of Radiation Control (DRC), DRC emergency number at (508) 820-2121

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Online

Email: Email Division of Radiation Control (DRC) at RadiationControl@mass.gov

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