R9-10-220. Radiology Services and Diagnostic Imaging Services

A. An administrator shall ensure that: 1. Radiology services and diagnostic imaging services are provided in compliance with A.R.S. Title 30, Chapter 4 and 9 A.A.C. 7; 2. A copy of a certificate documenting compliance with subsection (A)(1) is provided to the Department for review upon the Department’s request; 3. A general hospital or a rural general hospital provides radiology services 24 hours a day on the hospital’s premises to meet the emergency needs of a patient; 4. A hospital that provides surgical services has radiology services and diagnostic imaging services on the hospital’s premises to meet the needs of patients; 5. A general hospital or a rural general hospital has a radiologic technologist on duty or on-call; and 6. Except as provided in subsection (A)(4), a special hospital whose patients require radiology services and diagnostic imaging services is able to provide the radiology services and diagnostic imaging services when needed by the patients: a. On the special hospital’s premises, or b. By arrangement with a radiology and diagnostic imaging facility that is not on the special hospital’s premises. B. An administrator of a hospital that provides radiology services or diagnostic imaging services on the hospital’s premises shall ensure that: 1. Radiology services and diagnostic imaging services are provided: a. Under the direction of a medical staff member; and b. According to an order that includes: i. The patient’s name, ii. The name of the ordering individual, iii. The radiological or diagnostic imaging procedure ordered, and iv. The reason for the procedure; 2. A medical staff member or radiologist interprets the radiologic or diagnostic image; 3. A radiologic or diagnostic imaging patient report is prepared that includes: a. The patient’s name; b. The date of the procedure; c. A medical staff member’s or radiologist’s interpretation of the image; d. The type and amount of radiopharmaceutical used, if applicable; and e. The adverse reaction to the radiopharmaceutical, if any; and 4. A radiologic or diagnostic imaging report is included in the patient’s medical record.