---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 10004"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "10004"
heading: "Promulgation of standards"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/10004"
units:
  - "Chapter 107 — Consumer-Patient Radiation Health and Safety"
---

# §10004. Promulgation of standards

- (a) Within twelve months after August 13, 1981, the [Secretary](/usc/42/10003.md?p=6), in consultation with the [Radiation](/usc/42/10003.md?p=1) Policy Council, the [Secretary](/usc/42/10003.md?p=6) of Veterans Affairs, the [Administrator](/usc/42/4005.md?p=1) of the Environmental Protection [Agency](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1), appropriate [agencies](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1) of the [States](/usc/42/10003.md?p=7), and appropriate professional organizations, shall by regulation promulgate minimum standards for the accreditation of educational programs to train individuals to perform [radiologic procedures](/usc/42/10003.md?p=2). Such standards shall distinguish between programs for the education of (1) medical radiologic technologists (including radiographers), (2) dental auxiliaries (including dental hygienists and assistants), (3) [radiation](/usc/42/10003.md?p=1) therapy technologists, (4) nuclear medicine technologists, and (5) such other kinds of health auxiliaries who administer [radiologic procedures](/usc/42/10003.md?p=2) as the [Secretary](/usc/42/10003.md?p=6) determines appropriate. Such standards shall not be applicable to educational programs for [practitioners](/usc/42/10003.md?p=4).
- (b) Within twelve months after August 13, 1981, the [Secretary](/usc/42/10003.md?p=6), in consultation with the [Radiation](/usc/42/10003.md?p=1) Policy Council, the [Secretary](/usc/42/10003.md?p=6) of Veterans Affairs, the [Administrator](/usc/42/4005.md?p=1) of the Environmental Protection [Agency](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1), interested [agencies](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1) of the [States](/usc/42/10003.md?p=7), and appropriate professional organizations, shall by regulation promulgate minimum standards for the certification of [persons who administer radiologic procedures](/usc/42/10003.md?p=5). Such standards shall distinguish between certification of (1) medical radiologic technologists (including radiographers), (2) dental auxiliaries (including dental hygienists and assistants), (3) [radiation](/usc/42/10003.md?p=1) therapy technologists, (4) nuclear medicine technologists, and (5) such other kinds of health auxiliaries who administer [radiologic procedures](/usc/42/10003.md?p=2) as the [Secretary](/usc/42/10003.md?p=6) determines appropriate. Such standards shall include minimum certification criteria for individuals with regard to accredited education, practical experience, successful passage of required examinations, and such other criteria as the [Secretary](/usc/42/10003.md?p=6) shall deem necessary for the adequate qualification of individuals to administer [radiologic procedures](/usc/42/10003.md?p=2). Such standards shall not apply to [practitioners](/usc/42/10003.md?p=4).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 97–35, title IX, § 979, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 599; Pub. L. 102–54, § 13(q)(13)(A), June 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 281.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1991—Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 102–54 substituted “Secretary of Veterans Affairs” for “Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs”.