Radiological Protection Ordinance
(RPO)

The EDI, in con­sulta­tion with EN­SI, shall define the re­quire­ments for the hand­ling and the loc­a­tion of ra­di­ation sources. In par­tic­u­lar, it shall spe­cify:

a.

struc­tur­al meas­ures and the basis for cal­cu­la­tions in this re­gard;

b.

the re­quire­ments for ir­ra­di­ation, ad­min­is­tra­tion and re­lax­a­tion rooms, and for rooms for equip­ment used for nuc­le­ar medi­cine ex­am­in­a­tions;

c.

the ra­di­olo­gic­al pro­tec­tion meas­ures for the care and ac­com­mod­a­tion of pa­tients re­ceiv­ing ther­apy;

d.

the type of stor­age and the re­quire­ments for fa­cil­it­ies for the stor­age of ra­dio­act­ive ma­ter­i­als.