Pennsylvania Statutes Title 35 P.S. Health and Safety § 5652. Definitions

The following words and phrases when used in this act shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

“Department.” The Department of Health of the Commonwealth.

“Mammography system.”The radiation machine used for mammography; automatic exposure control devices; films, screens and cassettes; image processors; darkrooms and viewboxes.

“Provider.” An individual, organization, facility, institution or part thereof which provides screening mammography services.

“Qualified radiation physicist.”An individual certified by an accrediting organization recognized by the Department of Health in radiological physics or diagnostic radiological physics.

“Radiation machine.”Any device that emits ionizing radiation.

“Radiation technologist.”As defined in regulations promulgated under section 4163 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-508, 104 Stat. 1388).

“Screening mammography facility.”An individual, organization, facility, institution or part thereof staffed and equipped to provide screening mammography services.

“Screening mammography service.”A radiologic procedure furnished to an asymptomatic woman for the purpose of early detection of breast cancer. The term includes a physician's interpretation of the results of the procedure.