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[CITE: 42USC10008]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
        CHAPTER 107--CONSUMER-PATIENT RADIATION HEALTH AND SAFETY
 
Sec. 10008. Applicability to Federal agencies

    (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, 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.

(Pub. L. 97-35, title IX, Sec. 983, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 601; Pub. L. 
102-54, Sec. 13(q)(13)(C), June 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 282; Pub. L. 102-
405, title III, Sec. 302(e)(1), Oct. 9, 1992, 106 Stat. 1985.)


                               Amendments

    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.''
