New Hampshire Revised Statutes 125-F:7 – Licensing and Registration of Sources of Radiation
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I. When adopting rules under RSA 541-A, the department, through its program, shall provide for general or specific licensing of naturally occurring, artificially produced, byproduct, source, and special nuclear materials or devices or equipment utilizing such material. The rules shall provide for amendment, suspension, and revocation of licenses.
II. The department, through its program, may require registration of other sources of radiation.
III. The department, through its program, is authorized to exempt certain sources of radiation or kinds of uses or users from the licensing or registration requirements of this section, provided they shall be specifically named in a schedule of such exempt uses, users, or sources of radiation within the context of rules adopted under RSA 541-A.
IV. The rules may provide for recognition of other state or federal licenses and radiation machine registration as the program may deem desirable, subject to such registration requirements, including the payment of such fees, as the department, through its program, may establish.
II. The department, through its program, may require registration of other sources of radiation.
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 125-F:7
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Department: means the department of health and human services. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 125-F:3
- Program: means the radiological health program of the department of health and human services. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 125-F:3
- Radiation: means ionizing radiation and nonionizing radiation:
(a) "Ionizing radiation" means gamma rays and x-rays, alpha and beta particles, high speed electrons, neutrons, protons, and other nuclear particles, but not sound or radio waves or visible, infrared or ultraviolet light;
(b) "Nonionizing radiation" means:
(1) Any electromagnetic radiation other than ionizing radiation which the program determines by rule to present a biological hazard to the occupational or public health and safety; and
(2) Any sonic, ultrasonic, or infrasonic wave which the program determines by rule to present a biological hazard to the occupational or public health or safety. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 125-F:3 - Registration: means registration in accordance with rules adopted pursuant to this chapter. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 125-F:3
- state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
III. The department, through its program, is authorized to exempt certain sources of radiation or kinds of uses or users from the licensing or registration requirements of this section, provided they shall be specifically named in a schedule of such exempt uses, users, or sources of radiation within the context of rules adopted under RSA 541-A.
IV. The rules may provide for recognition of other state or federal licenses and radiation machine registration as the program may deem desirable, subject to such registration requirements, including the payment of such fees, as the department, through its program, may establish.