Ill. Admin. Code tit. 32, § 370.170 - Mammography Units Used for Localization or Biopsy Procedures
a) Personnel. The
following requirements apply to all personnel involved in localization or
biopsy procedures performed with mammography units:
1) The mammography unit shall be operated by
or under the direction of a physician licensed under the Medical Practice Act
of 1987 [225 ILCS 60 ].
2)
Radiologic technologists operating mammography units for localization or biopsy
procedures shall meet the general requirements, mammography requirements and
continuing education and experience requirements as specified in Section
370.70(b)
of this Part.
3) Medical physicists
who perform and provide oversight of quality assurance programs for mammography
units used for biopsy procedures shall meet the requirements of Section
370.70(c)
of this Part.
b)
Equipment. Mammography units used for localization or biopsy procedures shall
meet the requirements of Section
370.80 of
this Part, except that digital output mammography systems that do not use
screen-film image receptors are exempt from the requirements of Section
370.80 of
this Part as they relate to screen-film image receptors.
c) Quality assurance. Each facility shall
establish and maintain a quality assurance program to ensure the safety,
reliability, clarity and accuracy of mammography localization or biopsy
procedures performed at the facility.
1) Each
facility shall have the services of a medical physicist available to survey
mammography equipment and to oversee the equipment-related quality assurance
practices of the facility.
2) The
quality assurance program shall be in writing and shall have been developed by
a medical physicist. The program shall include, but need not be limited to, the
following:
A) Specifications of the tests
that are to be performed, including instructions to be employed in the
performance of those tests; and
B)
Specifications of the frequency at which tests are to be performed, the
acceptable tolerance for each parameter measured and actions to be taken if
tolerances are exceeded.
3) The medical physicist shall conduct a
review of the quality assurance program each year. Such review shall include
evaluation of the results of quality assurance testing.
d) Each facility shall maintain written
records of the radiation dose measurements and quality assurance testing
performed, as required in this Section, for inspection by the Agency for a
period of at least one year. Such records shall include, but need not be
limited to, the following:
1) The date of the
test and identification of the person performing the test;
2) Identification of the type of testing that
was performed; and
3) Notation of
whether the results of the testing were within the parameters established by
the medical physicist.
Notes
Amended at 29 Ill. Reg. 20963, effective December 16, 2005
AGENCY NOTE: The Agency recommends that facilities performing interventional mammography seek accreditation through the Stereotactic Breast Biopsy Program of the American College of Radiology.
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