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Authority: AS 18.05.040 AS 47.32.010

AS 18.20.085 AS 47.32.030 Editor’s note: Verification of status as a registered health information administrator or as an accredited records technician may be obtained from the American Health Information Management Association at 233 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 2150, Chicago, IL, 60601-5800. As of Register 207 (October 2013), and acting under AS 44.62.125(b)(6) and sec. 29, ch. 42, SLA 2013, the regulations attorney made a technical change to 7 AAC 12.770(a), to change “intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded” to “intermediate care facilities for individuals with an intellectual disability or related condition.” Chapter 42, SLA 2013 amended terminology in the Alaska Statutes to replace references to “mental retardation” and “mentally retarded” with more current terms. Section 29, ch. 42, SLA 2013 instructed that similar changes be made in the Alaska Administrative Code. 7 AAC 12.780. Radiological service. (a) A facility that provides radiological services, with the exception of frontier extended stay clinics, must comply with the requirements of this section. (b) If a facility which provides radiological services does not have a radiologist on its staff, a radiologist must provide consultation services to the facility at least twice a year to assure high quality of the diagnostic radiological service. (c) A physician or a radiologist must have clinical responsibility for the radiological services. (d) Radiological services may be performed only upon the order of a person lawfully authorized to diagnose and treat illness. (e) If an x-ray examination is to be provided to a patient, a request by the attending physician for the x-ray examination must contain a diagnosis or a tentative diagnosis, or a concise statement of the reasons for the x-ray examination. (f) A report of a radiological examination must be filed in the patient’s medical record and maintained in the radiology unit. (g) Diagnostic x-ray film processing must conform to the time and temperature recommendations of the manufacturer. (h) All individuals who are employed or involved in providing radiological services or who may be exposed to radiation shall wear devices that monitor radiation exposure. (i) A facility must keep records identifying employees who have been exposed to radiation