MQSA (Mammography Quality Standards Act)
Federal law requiring every U.S. clinical mammography facility to be FDA-certified + ACR-accredited (or approved state accrediting body).
Requirements
- Annual medical physicist survey
- ACR accreditation per unit
- Ongoing QC per MQSA Quality Control Manual
- Personnel credentialing (physicians, techs, physicists)
Why it matters to buyers
Non-MQSA mammo units cannot legally scan patients in the U.S. A used mammo unit purchase must include MQSA-transition planning.