Communications from the medical and dental authorities to the competent authority

Prerequisites

Responsible for defining quality assurance measures in Hamburg

• for hospitals, institutes, private practices
  • the medical association
• for practices and MVZ
  • the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians
• for dentistry
  • the Dental Association.

Documents required

No

Please note

No

Deadlines

No

Procedure

The medical and dental authorities inform the radiation protection officers in writing of the results of the review; errors and deficiencies are listed and their assessment is carried out by means of a classification based on the uniform assessment system.
In the result report, comprehensible and goal-oriented ways of optimization are to be shown, which in particular work towards

• the use of ionizing radiation and radioactive substances corresponds to the state of the art in medicine or dentistry and the requirements of medical science,
• the specifications of the StrlSchV for quality assurance and optimization of the application are observed, the physical-technical tests are carried out properly,
• the devices and work equipment used within the scope of the radiation application correspond to the state of the art or the state of science and technology
• and immediate remedial action is taken in the event of unjustified exceedances of the diagnostic reference values.

Suggestions or suggestions for short-term measures and changes must be submitted to the radiation protection officer, with reference to the consequences (evidence that the defect has been remedied within a certain period of time, verification, notification to the supervisory authority).

Processing time

4 weeks

Fees

No

Legal remedies

No

Legal basis

§ 130 StrlSchV in connection with the agreements on the establishment of medical and dental offices

A notification to the authority for justice and consumer protection, office for occupational safety is required:
· in case of repeated use with incomprehensible or missing justifying indication;
· Determination of persistent, unjustified exceeding of the diagnostic reference values,

• in case of non-observance of optimization suggestions,
• in the event of deviations from the requirements of medical science and
• in the absence of cooperation by the radiation protection officer, in particular if the radiation protection officer does not comply with his duty to submit

The medical and dental offices themselves do not issue any regulatory orders according to Section 179 (1) StrlSchG in conjunction with Section 19 (3) of the Atomic Energy Act (AtG). She is obliged to the Office for Occupational Safety and Health to fulfill the assigned tasks, including direct reporting