§ 20-15-1003 - Advisory committee. - Arkansas Statutes

20-15-1003. Advisory committee.

(a) To assure the safety and accuracy of screening and diagnostic mammography and to promote the highest quality imaging in the most efficient setting to contain costs, radiological standards and quality assurance programs shall be established and administered by the Director of the Department of Health.

(b) To assist the Director of the Department of Health in establishing the quality standards, there is created an advisory committee to be composed of:

(1) The Director of Mammography of University Hospital Department of Radiology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, or his or her designee;

(2) The Chair of the Breast Screening Project of the Arkansas Division of the American Cancer Society, or his or her designee;

(3) A physician appointed by the Council of the Arkansas Medical Society, or his or her designee;

(4) A health physicist from the Division of Radiation Control of the Department of Health, or his or her designee;

(5) A medical physicist with experience and training in mammography procedures appointed by the Director of the Department of Health;

(6) A registered X-ray technologist with experience and training in mammography practices and procedures appointed by the Director of the Department of Health; and

(7) The President of the Arkansas Chapter of the American College of Radiology, or his or her designee.

(c) The committee and the Director of the Department of Health shall continuously review and revise the quality standards in light of current scientific knowledge, but no less frequently than one (1) time every year.