New Hampshire Revised Statutes 125-F:8 – Radiation User and Laboratory Fees
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I. The department, through its program, shall prescribe and collect such fees as may be established by rule for radiation protection services provided under this chapter. Services for which fees may be established include:
(a) Registration of radiation equipment and other sources of radiation;
(b) Issuance, amendment, and renewal of general or specific licenses for radioactive materials as well as the recognition of other state and federal licenses and radiation machine registrations in accordance with N.H. Rev. Stat. § 125-F:7, IV;
(c) Inspections of registrants or licensees;
(d) Environmental surveillance activities to assess the radiological impact of activities conducted by licensees;
(e) Evaluation of products to be distributed to persons generally licensed or persons exempt from licensing;
(f) Laboratory radiochemical sample analyses; and
(g) Radiological response and radiation safety assessments.
II. When a registrant or licensee fails to pay the applicable fee, the program may suspend or revoke the registration or license or may issue an appropriate order.
III. Except as provided in paragraph IV, all fees collected under this section shall be forwarded to the state treasurer to be deposited in the general fund.
IV. Any increase in fees after the effective date of this paragraph and collected under this section shall be deposited in the radiation user and laboratory fees fund established in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 125-F:8-b and shall be used solely for the administration of the department’s responsibilities under this chapter.
V. Application fees collected under this provision shall not be refundable.
(a) Registration of radiation equipment and other sources of radiation;
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 125-F:8
- 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
- License: general and specific:
(a) "General license" means a license pursuant to rules adopted by the program without the filing of an application with the program, or the issuance of licensing documents to particular persons to transfer, acquire, own, possess or use quantities of, or devices or equipment utilizing, radioactive material. 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 - Radiation equipment: means any manufactured product or device, the component part of such product or device, or any machine or system which during operation is able to generate or emit radiation, except those which emit radiation only from radioactive material. 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
(b) Issuance, amendment, and renewal of general or specific licenses for radioactive materials as well as the recognition of other state and federal licenses and radiation machine registrations in accordance with N.H. Rev. Stat. § 125-F:7, IV;
(c) Inspections of registrants or licensees;
(d) Environmental surveillance activities to assess the radiological impact of activities conducted by licensees;
(e) Evaluation of products to be distributed to persons generally licensed or persons exempt from licensing;
(f) Laboratory radiochemical sample analyses; and
(g) Radiological response and radiation safety assessments.
II. When a registrant or licensee fails to pay the applicable fee, the program may suspend or revoke the registration or license or may issue an appropriate order.
III. Except as provided in paragraph IV, all fees collected under this section shall be forwarded to the state treasurer to be deposited in the general fund.
IV. Any increase in fees after the effective date of this paragraph and collected under this section shall be deposited in the radiation user and laboratory fees fund established in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 125-F:8-b and shall be used solely for the administration of the department’s responsibilities under this chapter.
V. Application fees collected under this provision shall not be refundable.