---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 37.40"
title: "42"
number: "37.40"
heading: "General provisions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/37.40"
---

# §37.40. General provisions.

- (a) The chest radiographic examination must be given at a convenient time and place.
- (b) The chest radiographic examination consists of the chest radiograph, a completed Chest Radiograph Classification Form (CDC/NIOSH 2.8), and a completed Miner Identification Document (CDC/NIOSH 2.9).
- (c) A radiographic examination must be made in a facility approved in accordance with [§ 37.43](/cfr/42/37.43.md) or [§ 37.44](/cfr/42/37.44.md). Chest radiographs of miners under this section must be performed:
  - (1) By or under the supervision of a physician who makes chest radiographs in the normal course of practice and who has demonstrated ability to make chest radiographs of a quality to best ascertain the presence of pneumoconiosis; or
  - (2) By a radiologic technologist as defined in [§ 37.2](/cfr/42/37.2.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[81 FR 73282, Oct. 24, 2016]

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 203, 83 Stat. 763; 30 U.S.C. 843, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 43 FR 33715, Aug. 1, 1978, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[81 FR 73282, Oct. 24, 2016]