Home Table of Contents

§ 30317.10. Mammography Quality Assurance Program.

17 CA ADC § 30317.10Barclays Official California Code of Regulations

Barclays California Code of Regulations
Title 17. Public Health
Division 1. State Department of Health Services (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 5. Sanitation (Environmental) (Refs & Annos)
Subchapter 4. Radiation
Group 3. Standards for Protection Against Radiation
Article 4.5. Requirements for the Use of X-Ray in Mammography
17 CCR § 30317.10
§ 30317.10. Mammography Quality Assurance Program.
Currentness
(a) Each user possessing a radiation machine used for mammography is responsible for the acts and omissions of all individuals involved in the user's mammography quality assurance (QA) program.
(b) Each user possessing a radiation machine used for mammography shall designate a lead supervising physician, who is responsible for:
(1) Establishing and maintaining a mammography quality assurance program that meets the requirements in this section and in sections 30316.20 and 30318.10;
(2) Reviewing the QA program and documenting that review at intervals not to exceed six months;
(3) Ensuring that mammography is performed only by individuals who meet the requirements of section 30315.50(a)(2) and are acting under the supervision, as defined in section 30400, of a physician meeting the requirements in section 30315.50(a)(1). The physician shall be immediately available to the individual performing mammography by telephone or in person for consultation;
(4) Ensuring that both the evaluation specified in section 30316.10 and the annual survey required in section 30316.60 are conducted by a mammography medical physicist; and
(5) Designating the quality control technologist responsible for the tasks specified in subsection (d). No other individual shall be assigned or shall retain responsibility for those tasks unless the lead supervising physician has determined that that individual is qualified to perform those assignments. If other personnel are utilized to perform any of the tasks, the quality control technologist shall verify that those tasks are performed correctly and shall maintain documentation of the mammography quality control training received by those personnel.
(c) Each user shall provide and require that all operators of radiation machines used for mammography use a chart or manual that specifies technique factors to be utilized relative to the patient's body habitus.
(d) The quality control technologist shall be responsible for ensuring that:
(1) The tests specified in section 30316.20(a) through (d) and in section 30318.10(b) are performed;
(2) The tests established for mammography systems using image receptor modalities other than screen-film, as recommended by the image receptor manufacturer, are performed;
(3) The chart or manual required pursuant to subsection (c) is available to all individuals performing mammography in the facility; and
(4) All mammography equipment is disinfected prior to each mammographic examination in accordance with:
(A) Title 29, Code of Federal Regulations, section 1910.1030;
(B) Title 8, California Code of Regulations, section 5193; and
(C) The equipment manufacturer's recommended procedures.

Credits

Note: Authority cited: Sections 114975, 115000, 115060 and 131200, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 115060, 115100, 115115, 131050 and 131051, Health and Safety Code.
History
1. New section filed 2-10-2003 as an emergency; operative 2-10-2003 (Register 2003, No. 7). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 6-10-2003 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
2. Certificate of Compliance as to 2-10-2003 order transmitted to OAL 6-6-2003 and filed 7-18-2003 (Register 2003, No. 29).
3. Repealer and new section and amendment of Note filed 12-18-2019; operative 7-1-2020 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(2) (Register 2019, No. 51).
This database is current through 4/26/24 Register 2024, No. 17.
Cal. Admin. Code tit. 17, § 30317.10, 17 CA ADC § 30317.10
End of Document