Section 325.5602. Definitions.

   (1) As used in this part the definitions in 21 C.F.R. 900.2, “Definitions”    (2002), are adopted by reference with the exception of the definition of “mammography.”

(2)   As used in this part the following definitions apply:

(a) "Act" means 1978 PA 368, as amended, MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211.

(b)  "Annual" means a period of 12 consecutive months.

(c)   “Interpreting physician” means a physician who interprets mammograms and who meets the requirements of R 325.5627 to R 325.5629.

(d)    "Mammography" means radiography of the breast for the purpose of enabling a physician to determine the presence, size, location, and extent of cancerous or potentially cancerous tissue in the breast.  Mammography includes interventional mammography.

(e)   “Stereotactic breast biopsy” means the imaging of a breast performed in at least 2 planes to localize a target lesion during invasive interventions for biopsy procedures.

(f)  “Stereotactic breast biopsy physician” means a physician licensed under article 15 of the act who conducts stereotactic breast biopsy.

(3)   The terms defined in the act shall have the same meanings when used in these rules.

History: 1993 AACS; 2013 AACS.