[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 42, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 42CFR486.102]



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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH

 

  CHAPTER IV--CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 

                  HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (CONTINUED)

 

PART 486_CONDITIONS FOR COVERAGE OF SPECIALIZED SERVICES FURNISHED BY 

 

       Subpart C_Conditions for Coverage: Portable X-Ray Services

 

Sec.  486.102  Condition for coverage: Supervision by a qualified 



physician.



    Portable X-ray services are provided under the supervision of a 

qualified physician.

    (a) Standard--physician supervision. The performance of the 

roentgenologic procedures is subject to the supervision of a physician 

who meets the requirements of paragraph (b) of this section and one of 

the following requirements is met:

    (1) The supervising physician owns the equipment and it is operated 

only by his employees, or

    (2) The supervising physician certifies annually that he 

periodically



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checks the procedural manuals and observes the operators' performance, 

that he has verified that equipment and personnel meet applicable 

Federal, State, and local licensure and registration requirements and 

that safe operating procedures are used.

    (b) Standard--qualifications of the physician supervisor. Portable 

X-ray services are provided under the supervision of a licensed doctor 

of medicine or licensed doctor of osteopathy who is qualified by 

advanced training and experience in the use of X-rays for diagnostic 

purposes, i.e., he (1) is certified in radiology by the American Board 

of Radiology or by the American Osteopathic Board of Radiology or 

possesses qualifications which are equivalent to those required for such 

certification, or (2) is certified or meets the requirements for 

certification in a medical specialty in which he has become qualified by 

experience and training in the use of X-rays for diagnostic purposes, or 

(3) specializes in radiology and is recognized by the medical community 

as a specialist in radiology.



[34 FR 388, Jan. 10, 1969. Redesignated at 42 FR 52826, Sept. 30, 1977. 

Further redesignated and amended at 60 FR 2326, Jan. 9, 1995; 60 FR 

45086, Aug. 30, 1995]