§10007 — Title 42 The Public Health and Welfare | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary must create federal rules about radiation used in radiology, working with the Radiation Policy Council, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the EPA Administrator, state agencies, and professional groups. The rules must say what counts as unnecessary radiation and how to reduce it; eliminate the need to retake diagnostic X-rays; stop screening programs that do not help; get the best diagnostic results with the least radiation; and cover radiation treatments for disease, including nuclear medicine.

Title 42, §10007

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The Secretary shall, in conjunction with the Radiation Policy Council, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, appropriate agencies of the States, and appropriate professional organizations, promulgate Federal radiation guidelines with respect to radiologic procedures. Such guidelines shall—

(1)determine the level of radiation exposure due to radiologic procedures which is unnecessary and specify the techniques, procedures, and methods to minimize such unnecessary exposure;

(2)provide for the elimination of the need for retakes of diagnostic radiologic procedures;

(3)provide for the elimination of unproductive screening programs;

(4)provide for the optimum diagnostic information with minimum radiologic exposure; and

(5)include the therapeutic application of radiation to individuals in the treatment of disease, including nuclear medicine applications.

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Amendments

1991—Pub. L. 102–54 substituted “Secretary of Veterans Affairs” for “Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs” in introductory provisions.

§10007 Federal radiation guidelines

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Title 42, §10007

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