Dental X-ray scanners are currently regulated by the Department of Medical Sciences and have to be certified safe to use by the Office of Atoms for Peace (OAP). The group wants Gen Prayut, who chairs the national commission on nuclear energy for peace, to issue a ministerial regulation so dental X-ray devices are exempt under the new law. Such a ministerial regulation can be issued citing sections 18 and 25 of the new Nuclear Energy for Peace Act sponsored by the OAP. This means dentists can no longer operate the X-ray scanner themselves if they do not have an RSO licence. No academic research has proved that small amounts of radiation from dental X-ray devices harms human health, he said.

Source: Bangkok Post May 09, 2017 23:57 UTC