2014 Vermont Statutes
Title 18 - Health
Chapter 32 - IONIZING AND NONIONIZING RADIATION CONTROL
§ 1652 State radiation control

§ 1652. State radiation control

(a) The commissioner of health may designate the director of occupational health as the individual who shall perform the functions vested in the agency.

(b) The agency shall, for the protection of the occupational and public health and safety, develop programs for the control of ionizing and non-ionizing radiation compatible with federal programs for regulation of byproduct, source, and special nuclear materials.

(c) The agency may adopt, amend and repeal rules under 3 V.S.A. chapter 25:

(1) which may provide for licensing and registration for the control of sources of ionizing radiation;

(2) for the control and regulation of sources of non-ionizing radiation.

(d) The agency shall advise, consult, and cooperate with other agencies of the state, the federal government, other states and interstate agencies, political subdivisions, industries, and with groups concerned with control of sources of ionizing and non-ionizing radiation.

(e) Applicants for registration of X-ray equipment shall pay an annual registration fee of $45.00 per piece of equipment.

(f) Fees collected under this section shall be credited to a special fund established and managed pursuant to 32 V.S.A. chapter 7, subchapter 5 and shall be available to the department to offset the costs of providing services relating to licensing and registration and controlling sources of ionizing radiation. (Added 1967, No. 27, § 2; amended 1977, No. 83, § 2; 2007, No. 76, § 11; 2009, No. 134 (Adj. Sess.), § 27; 2011, No. 128 (Adj. Sess.), § 4.)