(a)  The person responsible for registering mammographic X-ray equipment shall be responsible for assuring that the mammographic X-ray equipment under his or her jurisdiction has been inspected and that mammography quality assurance tests are performed by a medical physicist, health physicist, or other individual with qualifications similar to those approved by the department and prescribed in the May 1990 version of the “Rules of Good Practice for Supervision and Operation of Mammographic X-Ray Equipment,” as approved by the Radiologic Technology Certification Committee.

(b)  If the department adopts regulations on or after January 1, 1993, that provide similar or stronger protection of a patient’s health and safety than the “Rules of Good Practice for Supervision and Operation of Mammographic X-Ray Equipment,” as determined by the department, then those rules shall no longer apply to this section.

Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 115100

  • Department: means the State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 114985
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Mammography: means the procedure for creating a mammogram. See California Health and Safety Code 114985
  • Person: means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, firm, association, trust, estate, public or private institution, group, agency, political subdivision of this state, any other state or political subdivision or agency thereof, and any legal successor, representative, agent, or agency of the foregoing, other than the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the United States Department of Energy, or any successor thereto, and other than federal government agencies licensed by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, under prime contract to the United States Department of Energy, or any successor thereto. See California Health and Safety Code 114985

(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

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