§10004 Promulgation of Standards

Summary

The Secretary must, within twelve months after August 13, 1981, create minimum rules for accrediting school programs that train people to do radiologic procedures. The Secretary must work with the Radiation Policy Council, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the EPA Administrator, state agencies, and professional groups. The rules must cover five kinds of training programs, including medical radiologic technologists, dental auxiliaries, radiation therapy technologists, nuclear medicine technologists, and other similar health auxiliaries the Secretary finds appropriate. These rules do not apply to programs for practitioners. The Secretary must also, within the same time frame and after the same consultations, create minimum rules for certifying the people who actually give radiologic procedures. The certification rules must separate the same five groups and must set minimum requirements such as accredited education, hands-on experience, passing required exams, and any other criteria the Secretary finds necessary. These certification rules do not apply to practitioners.