(a) To assure the safety and accuracy of screening and diagnostic mammography and to promote the highest quality imaging in the most efficient setting to contain costs, radiological standards and quality assurance programs shall be established and administered by the Secretary of the Department of Health.
(b) To assist the secretary in establishing the quality standards, there is created an advisory committee to be composed of:
(1) The Director of Mammography at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, or his or her designee;
(2) The Chair of the Breast Screening Project of the Arkansas Division of the American Cancer Society, or his or her designee;
(3) A physician appointed by the Arkansas Medical Society, Inc., or his or her designee;
(4) A health physicist from the Radiation Control Section of the Department of Health, or his or her designee;
(5) A medical physicist with experience and training in mammography procedures appointed by the secretary;
(6) A registered X-ray technologist with experience and training in mammography practices and procedures appointed by the secretary; and
(7) The President of the Arkansas Chapter of the American College of Radiology, or his or her designee.
(c) The committee and the secretary shall continuously review and revise the quality standards in light of current scientific knowledge, but no less frequently than one (1) time every year.