Pennsylvania Code
Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Part I - Department of Environmental Protection
Subpart D - Environmental Health and Safety
Article V - Radiological Health
Chapter 219 - STANDARDS FOR PROTECTION AGAINST RADIATION
Subchapter M - REPORTS
Section 219.229 - Diagnostic or interventional procedure medical reports
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a) Within 30 days of the determination by a physician of either actual or suspected acute or long-term functional damage to an organ or a physiological system of a patient exposed to radiation from a diagnostic or interventional procedure from a radiation-producing machine, the registrant or licensee shall document the finding and provide a report to the Department and provide a clinical summary to the prescribing physician and the patient. The report shall be retained for at least 5 years. Exempt from this reporting requirement are any events already reported under § 219.228 (relating to reports of medical reportable events for radiation-producing machine therapy) and any functional damage to a patient organ or a physiological system that was an expected outcome when the causative procedures were prescribed.
(b) Upon discovery of a medical reportable event, the registrant or licensee shall:
This section cited in 25 Pa. Code § 221.11 (relating to registrant responsibilities).
