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Arkansas Code Title 20. Public Health and Welfare § 20-15-1004. Facilities--Standards for accreditation

Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

(a)(1) The Secretary of the Department of Health shall establish quality standards for accreditation of facilities wherein mammography may be conducted in accordance with the Mammography Quality Standards Act of 1992, Pub. L. No. 102-539 (21 C.F.R. Part 900).

(2) The standards applicable to the physician who interprets mammograms shall not be more stringent than those standards listed in the Mammography Quality Standards Act of 1992, Pub. L. No. 102-539 (21 C.F.R. Part 900).

(b)(1) Such facilities shall be accredited by the Department of Health every three (3) years.

(2) No mammography shall be performed in an unaccredited facility after January 1, 1990.

(c) For facilities accredited by the department, documents of accreditation shall be nontransferable and shall expire three (3) years after being issued or at a time specified by the department.

(d) The owners of any unaccredited facility wherein mammography is performed after January 1, 1990, shall be subject to a civil penalty imposed by the department in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) for each day the facility operates without accreditation by the department.

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