Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 457 - Cancer
OPERATION OF RADIATION MACHINE FOR MAMMOGRAPHY
Tests for Quality Assurance
Section 457.445 - Verification of safe operating condition of machine; record of findings

1. Before any machine is placed into service and at least annually thereafter, the machine must be examined to verify that it is in safe operating condition. An examination must also be made after a major repair to a machine.

2. The examination required by subsection 1 must be made by a medical physicist.

3. The person making the examination shall make a written record of his or her findings and submit the record to the operator of the facility within 30 days after the examination.

4. If the operator of the facility does not receive the written record within the period prescribed in subsection 3, the operator shall remove the machine from service until he or she receives the record.