Legal Controls on The Use of Ionizing Radiation Technology in The Health Sector and Human Security Requirements

Abstract

Radiation materials and sources used for medical purposes have caused harm to health professionals due to frequent exposure to ionizing radiation. Faced with these threats, it was necessary for the Algerian legislator to ensure prevention and security for this category of workers against the dangers of exposure to these radiations, as a right, through the establishment of laws and regulations that guarantee this.
Therefore, through this research paper, we attempted to assess the effectiveness of these legal texts in providing the greatest possible level of prevention and health security for health professionals against the dangers of exposure to ionizing radiation.
However, the Algerian legislator encountered difficulty in dealing with these risks, reflected in the multiplicity of legal texts on the one hand; the lack of a clear definition of the health professionals concerned by this protection on the other hand; and the difficulty in defining the concept of occupational diseases on the third hand, in addition to the lack of practical compliance with legal provisions.