The American University of Beirut (Campus, Medical Center & AREC) is committed to providing its patients, students, employees, and visitors, with an environment where sources of radiation are used safely and effectively for the purposes of medicine, research, and teaching. 

The Health Physics Services is responsible for implementing the University's radiation safety program as approved by the University Radiation Safety Committee. the University's Radiation Safety Program refers to the regulations of the Lebanese Atomic Energy Commission, and the rules and regulations of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Department of Transportation (DOT).