Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73
§10001 Statement of findings
Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 107— - CONSUMER-PATIENT RADIATION HEALTH AND SAFETY › § 10001
Summary
Requires reducing unnecessary exposure to harmful radiation from medical and dental imaging. Calls for enough trained people and state-run accreditation and certification programs. State and Federal governments must protect the public. People who perform these procedures, including at Federal facilities, must show competence by education, training, and experience. These procedures affect interstate commerce.
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Title 42, §10001
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The Congress finds that—
(1)it is in the interest of public health and safety to minimize unnecessary exposure to potentially hazardous radiation due to medical and dental radiologic procedures;
(2)it is in the interest of public health and safety to have a continuing supply of adequately educated persons and appropriate accreditation and certification programs administered by State governments;
(3)the protection of the public health and safety from unnecessary exposure to potentially hazardous radiation due to medical and dental radiologic procedures and the assurance of efficacious procedures are the responsibility of State and Federal governments;
(4)persons who administer radiologic procedures, including procedures at Federal facilities, should be required to demonstrate competence by reason of education, training, and experience; and
(5)the administration of radiologic procedures and the effect on individuals of such procedures have a substantial and direct effect upon United States interstate commerce.
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Short Title
Pub. L. 97–35, title IX, § 975, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 598, provided that: “This subtitle [subtitle I (§§ 975–983) of title IX of Pub. L. 97–35, enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Consumer-Patient Radiation Health and Safety Act of 1981’.”
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42 U.S.C. § 10001
Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73