§ 20-15-1004 - Accreditation of facilities required -- Penalty. - Arkansas Statutes

20-15-1004. Accreditation of facilities required -- Penalty.

(a) (1) The Director of the Division of Health of the Department of Health and Human Services 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. 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. 900).

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

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

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

(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 division in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) for each day the facility operates without accreditation by the division.