§ 7319. Mammography quality standards

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1996

   Veterans’ Health Care Eligibility Reform Act of 1996

   Pub. L. 104–262 title III § 321(a)(1) · 110 Stat. 3177

   Enacted · 38 U.S.C. § 7319

   (Added Pub. L. 104–262, title III, § 321(a)(1), Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3195.)

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   (Added Pub. L. 104–262, title III, § 321(a)(1), Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3195.)

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) Subchapter II of chapter 73 is amended by adding after section 7318 the following new section: “§ 7319. Mammography quality standards “(a) A mammogram may not be performed at a Department facility unless that facility is accredited for that purpose by a private nonprofit organization designated by the Secretary. An organization designated by the Secretary under this subsection shall meet the standards for accrediting bodies established under subsection (e) of section 354 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 263b). “(b) The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall prescribe quality assurance and quality control standards relating to the performance and interpretation of mammograms and use of mammogram equipment and facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs consistent with the requirements of section 354(f)(1) of the Public Health Service Act. Such standards shall be no less stringent than the standards prescribed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 354(f) of the Public Health Service Act. “(c) (1) The Secretary, to ensure compliance with the standards prescribed under subsection (b), shall provide for an annual inspection of the equipment and facilities used by and in Department health care facilities for the performance of mammograms. Such inspections shall be carried out in a manner consistent with the inspection of certified facilities by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 354(g) of the Public Health Service Act. “(2) The Secretary may not provide for an inspection under paragraph (1) to be performed by a State agency. “(d) The Secretary shall ensure that mammograms performed for the Department under contract with any non-Department facility or provider conform to the quality standards prescribed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 354 of the Public Health Service Act. “(e) For the purposes of this section, the term ‘mammogram’ has the meaning given such term in paragraph (5) of section 354(a) of the Public Health Service Act.”.

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