Section 325.5694. Mammography equipment evaluations.  


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  • (1) Additional evaluations of stereotactic breast  biopsy   units  or  image processors shall be conducted whenever a new unit or processor is installed, a unit or processor is disassembled and reassembled at the same or a new location, or major components of a stereotactic breast biopsy unit or processor equipment are changed or repaired. These evaluations shall be used to determine whether the new or changed equipment meets the requirements of R 325.5676 to R 325.5678 and R 325.5687 to R 325.5691, as applicable. Problems revealed by the evaluation shall be corrected before the new or changed equipment is put into service for procedures or film processing.

    (2) The equipment evaluations specified in subrule (1) of this rule shall be performed by a medical physicist or by an individual under the direct supervision of a medical physicist.

History: 2013 AACS.