Betrieb oder wesentliche Änderung des Betriebs einer zahnmedizinischen, medizinischen und tiermedizinischen Röntgeneinrichtung anzeigen

If you intend to operate or significantly modify a dental, medical or veterinary X-ray facility and this is not subject to approval, you are obliged to notify the competent authority.

With the written notification of a dental, medical or veterinary X-ray facility, you declare that you intend to operate or significantly modify such a facility.

• Proof of expertise in radiation protection in accordance with the Radiation Protection Ordinance with proof of updating
• Certificate and test report from the expert(s) on the radiation protection test
• Type approval certificate with confirmation of routine testing (if applicable) (type approval = for device in general; confirmation of routine testing = for the specific device)
• CE certificate of conformity (if applicable)
• Personnel deployment, i.e. proof of knowledge of radiation protection and updates of this knowledge for personnel working on the X-ray equipment

You want to either

1. operate an X-ray device

a) whose X-ray source is type-approved in accordance with § 45 paragraph 1 number 2,

b) the manufacture and first placing on the market of which falls within the scope of the Medical Devices Act, or

c) whose manufacture and placing on the market falls within the scope of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 5, 2017 on medical devices, amending Directive 2001/83/EC, Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 and Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 and repealing Council Directives 90/385/EEC and 93/42/EEC (OJ L 117, 5.5.2017, p. 1; L 117, 3.5.2019, p. 9; L 334, 27.12.2019, p. 165),

d) which has been placed on the market for the first time in accordance with the provisions of the Medical Devices Act and is not used in connection with medical exposures; or

2. you wish to operate a basic, high or full protection device or a school X-ray device; or

3. you wish to significantly change the operation of such a notified X-ray device and you have a license in accordance with §15 StrlSchG.

• You submit a written notification to the competent authority. In it, you declare whether you are operating or significantly modifying a dental, medical or veterinary X-ray device.
• The notification must be submitted before the X-ray equipment is put into operation or significantly modified.
• The competent authority will check the documents and send you a notification confirmation with a fee notice.

• Operation of an X-ray facility or significant change to the operation Acceptance for dental, medical or veterinary X-ray facilities
• Notification in writing or online