---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 10002"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "10002"
heading: "Statement of purpose"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/10002"
units:
  - "Chapter 107 — Consumer-Patient Radiation Health and Safety"
---

# §10002. Statement of purpose


It is the purpose of this chapter to—

- (1) provide for the establishment of minimum standards by the Federal Government for the accreditation of education programs for [persons who administer radiologic procedures](/usc/42/10003.md?p=5) and for the certification of such persons; and
- (2) insure that medical and dental [radiologic procedures](/usc/42/10003.md?p=2) are consistent with rigorous safety precautions and standards.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 97–35, title IX, § 977, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 599.)