New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 8 - HEALTH
Chapter 43A - MANUAL OF STANDARDS FOR LICENSING OF AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES
Subchapter 30 - RADIATION ONCOLOGY
Section 8:43A-30.8 - Megavoltage radiation oncology program utilization
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024
(a) For existing facilities or programs, the minimum annual megavoltage radiation oncology treatment volume shall be 150 new patients per facility. A new patient is defined as one who has never before received radiation oncology treatment or a returning patient with a second primary cancer at a different site which has not been previously treated. For new facilities or programs, by the second year of operation, the minimum annual megavoltage radiation oncology treatment volume shall be 150 new patients per facility averaged over a two year period.
(b) For those facilities offering brachytherapy, the minimum annual brachytherapy treatment volume shall be an average of 10 patients per year, over a two year period.
(c) Megavoltage radiation oncology facilities providing potentially curative treatment to children under 13 years of age shall be accredited for participation in protocols of a national multi-institutional pediatric oncology group such as Children's Oncology Group (COG).
