7 AAC 12.780 - Radiological service
(a) A facility that provides radiological
services, with the exception of frontier extended stay clinics, must comply
with the requirements of this section.
(b) If a facility which provides radiological
services does not have a radiologist on its staff, a radiologist must provide
consultation services to the facility at least twice a year to assure high
quality of the diagnostic radiological service.
(c) A physician or a radiologist must have
clinical responsibility for the radiological services.
(d) Radiological services may be performed
only upon the order of a person lawfully authorized to diagnose and treat
illness.
(e) If an x-ray
examination is to be provided to a patient, a request by the attending
physician for the x-ray examination must contain a diagnosis or a tentative
diagnosis, or a concise statement of the reasons for the x-ray
examination.
(f) A report of a
radiological examination must be filed in the patient's medical record and
maintained in the radiology unit.
(g) Diagnostic x-ray film processing must
conform to the time and temperature recommendations of the
manufacturer.
(h) All individuals
who are employed or involved in providing radiological services or who may be
exposed to radiation shall wear devices that monitor radiation
exposure.
(i) A facility must keep
records identifying employees who have been exposed to radiation and the amount
of exposure for each employee.
(j)
A facility which provides nuclear medicine services must report the type of
those services provided to the department and must conform, unless specifically
excepted by law, to the applicable standards of the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, 10 C.F.R. Parts 0 - 170, as in effect April 30, 1983, and 18 AAC
85.
(k) Radiation therapy may be
given only under the direction of a radiation therapist using equipment which
is specifically designed for radiation therapy.
(l) A facility which uses x-ray equipment
must conform to the radiation protection standards set out in
18 AAC 85.010 -
18 AAC 85.770.
(m) In this section, "nuclear medicine
services" means medical procedures that use radio isotopes or other atomic
entities in the treatment or diagnosis of illness or disease.
Notes
Authority:AS 18.05.040
AS 47.32.010
AS 47.32.030
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