The Department is authorized, in the event of an emergency or under other circumstances constituting a hazard to health and safety, to impound or order the impounding of sources of ionizing radiation in the possession of any person who is not equipped to observe or fails to observe the provisions of this article or any regulations issued thereunder.

Terms Used In Virginia Code 32.1-238

  • Department: means the State Department of Health. See Virginia Code 32.1-3
  • Ionizing radiation: means gamma rays and X-rays, alpha and beta particles, high-speed electrons, neutrons, protons, and other nuclear particles. See Virginia Code 32.1-227
  • Person: means any individual, corporation, partnership, firm, association, trust, estate, public or private institution, group, department of the Commonwealth other than the Department of Health, political subdivision of the Commonwealth, any other state or political subdivision or department thereof, and any legal successor, representative, agent, or department of the foregoing, but not including federal government agencies. See Virginia Code 32.1-227

Code 1950, § 32-414.17; 1964, c. 158; 1979, c. 711; 2008, cc. 41, 466.

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