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Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§10006 Compliance

Title 42 › CHAPTER 107 — CONSUMER-PATIENT RADIATION HEALTH AND SAFETY › § 10006

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must take all lawful steps to carry out the chapter’s goals. A State may use a private group to run its accreditation or certification only if the State gives that group the job, the State approves the program, and the program meets the chapter’s minimum federal standards. If States do not follow the chapter within three years after August 13, 1981, the Secretary must tell Congress and recommend law changes. A State that had standards for accreditation and certification before the federal standards took effect is treated as following the rules unless the Secretary, after notice and a hearing, finds those standards do not meet the minimums.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §10006

The Public Health and Welfare, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Implementation by Secretary
The Secretary shall take all actions consistent with law to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.
(b)Accreditation or certification program
A State may utilize an accreditation or certification program administered by a private entity if—
(1)such State delegates the administration of the State accreditation or certification program to such private entity;
(2)such program is approved by the State; and
(3)such program is consistent with the minimum Federal standards promulgated under this chapter for such program.
(c)Noncompliance; proposed legislative changes
Absent compliance by the States with the provisions of this chapter within three years after August 13, 1981, the Secretary shall report to the Congress recommendations for legislative changes considered necessary to assure the States’ compliance with this chapter.
(d)Repealed. Pub. L. 104–66, title I, § 1061(b), Dec. 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 719
(e)Existing standards and guidelines
Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, in the case of a State which has, prior to the effective date of standards and guidelines promulgated pursuant to this chapter, established standards for the accreditation of educational programs and certification of radiologic technologists, such State shall be deemed to be in compliance with the conditions of this section unless the Secretary determines, after notice and hearing, that such State standards do not meet the minimum standards prescribed by the Secretary or are inconsistent with the purposes of this chapter.

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1995—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 104–66 struck out subsec. (d) which read as follows: “The Secretary shall be responsible for continued monitoring of compliance by the States with the applicable provisions of this chapter and shall report to the Senate and the House of Representatives by January 1, 1982, and January 1 of each succeeding year the status of the States’ compliance with the purposes of this chapter.”

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42 U.S.C. § 10006

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110