Terms Used In Tennessee Code 68-202-207

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of environment and conservation or the commissioner's designated representative. See Tennessee Code 68-202-202
  • Person: means an individual, trust, firm, joint stock company, corporation (including a government corporation), partnership, association, state, municipality, commission, political subdivision of a state, any interstate body, any governmental agency of this state and any department, agency or instrumentality of the federal government. See Tennessee Code 68-202-202
  • Radiation: includes all ionizing electromagnetic waves and corpuscular emissions such as, but not necessarily limited to, gamma rays and X-rays. See Tennessee Code 68-202-202

The commissioner is authorized to make such inspections and examinations of the manufacture, use, receipt, possession, storage and disposal of radiation sources which are subject to this part as the commissioner deems proper, and for this purpose has the right to enter at any reasonable hour upon any premises for such inspection or examination. Any person obstructing such entry is in violation of this part.