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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Chapter 107 — Consumer-Patient Radiation Health and Safety

§ 10002. Statement of purpose

Statutory text

It is the purpose of this chapter to—

(1)

provide for the establishment of minimum standards by the Federal Government for the accreditation of education programs for persons who administer radiologic procedures and for the certification of such persons; and

(2)

insure that medical and dental radiologic procedures are consistent with rigorous safety precautions and standards.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Consumer-Patient Radiation Health and Safety Act of 1981

    Pub. L. 97–35 title IX § 977 · 95 Stat. 357

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 10002

    (Pub. L. 97–35, title IX, § 977, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 599.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 97–35, title IX, § 977, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 599.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 977. statement of purpose It is the purpose of this subtitle to— 42 USC 10002. (1) provide for the establishment of minimum standards by the Federal Government for the accreditation of education programs for persons who administer radiologic procedures and for the certification of such persons; and (2) insure that medical and dental radiologic procedures are consistent with rigorous safety precautions and standards.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 97–35, title IX, § 977, , 95 Stat. 599.)

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