[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: 42CFR486.106]



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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.  486.106  Condition for coverage: Referral for service and 



preservation of records.



    All portable X-ray services performed for Medicare beneficiaries are 

ordered by a doctor of medicine or doctor of osteopathy and records are 

properly preserved.

    (a) Standard--referral by a physician. Portable X-ray examinations 

are performed only on the order of a doctor of medicine or doctor of 

osteopathy licensed to practice in the State. The supplier's records 

show that:

    (1) The X-ray test was ordered by a licensed doctor of medicine or 

doctor of osteopathy, and

    (2) Such physician's written, signed order specifies the reason an 

X-ray test is required, the area of the body to be exposed, the number 

of radiographs to be obtained, and the views needed; it also includes a 

statement concerning the condition of the patient which indicates why 

portable X-ray services are necessary.

    (b) Standard--records of examinations performed. The supplier makes 

for each patient a record of the date of the X-ray examination, the name 

of the patient, a description of the procedures ordered and performed, 

the referring physician, the operator(s) of the portable X-ray equipment 

who performed the examination, the physician to whom the radiograph was 

sent, and the date it was sent.

    (c) Standard--preservation of records. Such reports are maintained 

for a period of at least 2 years, or for the period of time required by 

State law for such records (as distinguished from requirements as to the 

radiograph itself), whichever is longer.



[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]