NAC457.365. Mammographer: Prohibited acts.

A mammographer shall not:

     1. Perform mammography except under the supervision of a physician who is licensed pursuant to chapter 630 or 633 of NRS and meets the requirements of NAC 457.345.

     2. Except as otherwise authorized by the Health Division pursuant to NAC 459.554, perform mammography without a prescription or order from the patient’s referring or responsible provider of care. The mammographer shall post a copy of the authorization of the Health Division in a conspicuous place near the machine.

     3. Use any machine unless there have been established for the facility for mammography:

     (a) Written standing orders concerning the number and type of views to be taken of each patient; and

     (b) A policy governing the repetition of exposures in any case where the image obtained from the first exposure is inadequate.

     4. Make a diagnosis based on any mammogram.

     5. Operate a machine without having been trained to operate that machine safely and effectively.

     6. Report a diagnosis to a patient, except that the mammographer may provide the patient with the mammogram or a copy of the report by the physician who interprets the mammogram, or both, without any comment to the patient concerning the contents of the mammogram or report.

     7. Touch the breast of any patient, except as required to position the patient for mammography or to obtain clinical information to assist the physician who supervises the operation of the machine in arriving at a diagnosis.

     8. Routinely hold the patient or the image receptor during an exposure.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health, eff. 1-24-92; A 5-18-92; 7-7-94; R033-06, 6-28-2006)