California Health and Safety Code

§ 115111

HSC § 115111 Effective Jul 13, 2012Div. 104 · Part 9 · Ch. 8 · Art. 6

Statute text

(a)Commencing July 1, 2012, subject to subdivision (e), a person that uses a computed tomography (CT) X-ray system for human use shall record the dose of radiation on every diagnostic CT study produced during a CT examination in the patient’s record, as defined in Section 123105. CT studies used for therapeutic radiation treatment planning or delivery or for calculating attenuation coefficients for nuclear medication studies shall not be required to record the dose.

(b)The facility conducting the study may send electronically each CT study and protocol page that lists the technical factors and dose of radiation to the electronic picture archiving and communications system.

(c)(1) Until July 1, 2013, the displayed dose shall be verified annually by a medical physicist for the facility’s standard adult brain, adult abdomen, and pediatric brain protocols, to ensure the displayed doses are within 20 percent of the true measured dose measured in accordance with subdivision (f).

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 106, Sec. 1. (AB 510) Effective July 13, 2012.