How Is This Bill Enforced
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(1)(A) in subparagraph (D)— (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking ''physician who'' and inserting ''physician, or a machine-learning or artificial intelligence system, that'';
(1)(B) on clause (ii), by striking ''who'' and inserting ''that'';
(2) in subparagraph (G)(ii)(I), by striking ''signed by the interpreting physician''.
This section makes three targeted amendments to the Mammography Quality Standards Act to accommodate AI and machine-learning systems in mammography interpretation. The amendments expand the category of permissible mammogram interpreters from physicians only to include machine-learning or artificial intelligence systems, update pronoun references accordingly, and remove the requirement that mammography communications be signed by the interpreting physician — a requirement that is nonsensical when interpretation is performed by an AI system.
These are permissive amendments to an existing regulatory framework rather than new affirmative compliance obligations. The bill does not define what qualifies as a machine-learning or artificial intelligence system, nor does it impose any AI-specific safety, testing, or transparency requirements. Facilities using AI for mammogram interpretation would remain subject to existing MQSA quality standards and FDA oversight.