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§10008 Applicability to Federal agencies

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 107— - CONSUMER-PATIENT RADIATION HEALTH AND SAFETY › § 10008

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Federal executive departments, agencies, and instrumentalities must follow the standards made under this law, except where the law gives a special rule for the Department of Veterans Affairs. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, through the Under Secretary for Health, must, as much as possible while keeping their duties under title 38, make rules to apply these standards to radiologic procedures in VA-run facilities. The VA Secretary must work with the Secretary who issues the other standards to coordinate the rules, the standards, and how they are put into practice.

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Title 42, §10008

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(a)Except as provided in subsection (b), each department, agency, and instrumentality of the executive branch of the Federal Government shall comply with standards promulgated pursuant to this chapter.
(b)The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, through the Under Secretary for Health of the Department of Veterans Affairs, shall, to the maximum extent feasible consistent with the responsibilities of such Secretary and Under Secretary for Health under title 38, prescribe regulations making the standards promulgated pursuant to this chapter applicable to the provision of radiologic procedures in facilities over which that Secretary has jurisdiction. In prescribing and implementing regulations pursuant to this subsection, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall consult with the Secretary in order to achieve the maximum possible coordination of the regulations, standards, and guidelines, and the implementation thereof, which the Secretary and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs prescribe under this chapter.

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1992—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102–405 substituted “Under Secretary for Health” for “Chief Medical Director” in two places. 1991—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102–54 substituted “The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, through the Chief Medical Director of the Department of Veterans Affairs, shall, to the maximum extent feasible consistent with the responsibilities of such Secretary and Chief Medical Director under title 38” for “(1) The Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs, through the Chief Medical Director of the Veterans’ Administration, shall, to the maximum extent feasible consistent with the responsibilities of such Administrator and Chief Medical Director under subtitle 38”, “over which that Secretary” for “over which the Administrator”, and “Secretary of Veterans Affairs” for “Administrator” wherever else appearing, and struck out pars. (2) and (3) which read as follows: “(2) Not later than 180 days after standards are promulgated by the Secretary pursuant to this chapter, the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a full report with respect to the

Regulations

(including guidelines, policies, and procedures thereunder) prescribed pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection. Such report shall include— “(A) an explanation of any inconsistency between standards made applicable by such

Regulations

and the standards promulgated by the Secretary pursuant to this chapter; “(B) an account of the extent, substance, and results of consultations with the Secretary respecting the prescription and implementation of

Regulations

by the Administrator; and “(C) such recommendations for legislation and administrative action as the Administrator determines are necessary and desirable. “(3) The Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs shall publish the report required by paragraph (2) in the Federal Register.”

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42 U.S.C. § 10008

Title 42The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73