Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 125-F:8-b

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner 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
There is hereby established the radiation user and laboratory fees fund to be used to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The fund shall be composed of fees collected in accordance with N.H. Rev. Stat. § 125-F:8, IV. The fund shall be nonlapsing and shall be continually appropriated to the commissioner for the purposes of this chapter.