1st Engrossment - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
A bill for an act
relating to health; making technical changes; eliminating radioactive material
license renewal fee; establishing fees for ionizing radiation-producing
equipment; modifying requirements for operating x-ray equipment; changing
provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 144.1205, subdivision
1; 144.121, subdivisions 1a, 5; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, section
144.121, subdivisions 1c, 4.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 144.1205, subdivision 1, is amended to
read:
When a license is required for
radioactive material or source or special nuclear material by a rule adopted under section
144.1202, subdivision 2, an application fee according to subdivision 4 must be paid upon
initial application for a license. The licensee must renew the license 60 days before the
expiration date of the license deleted text begin by paying a license renewal fee equal to the application fee
under subdivision 4deleted text end . The expiration date of a license is the date deleted text begin set by the United States
Nuclear Regulatory Commission before transfer of the licensing program under section
144.1202 and thereafter asdeleted text end specified by rule of the commissioner of health.
Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 144.121, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
A facility with deleted text begin x-ray machines or other sources ofdeleted text end
ionizing radiationnew text begin -producing equipment new text end must deleted text begin bienniallydeleted text end pay an new text begin annual new text end initial or deleted text begin biennialdeleted text end new text begin
annual new text end renewal registration fee consisting of a base facility fee of deleted text begin $132deleted text end new text begin $66new text end and an
additional fee for each deleted text begin x-ray machine or other source of ionizingdeleted text end radiationnew text begin source,new text end as
follows:
(1) |
medical or veterinary equipment |
$
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.
106
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53
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|
(2) |
dental x-ray equipment |
$
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.
66
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33
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|
|
(3) |
accelerator |
$
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.
132
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66
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|
(4) |
radiation therapy equipment |
$
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.
132
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66
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|
(5) |
x-ray equipment not used on humans or animals |
$
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.
106
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53
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|
(6) |
devices with sources of ionizing radiation not used on humans or animals |
$
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.
106
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53
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|
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sources of radium deleted text end |
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$
.
198
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Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 144.121, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
After January
1, 1997, an individual in a facility with x-ray equipment for use on humans that is
registered under subdivision 1 may not operate, nor may the facility allow the individual
to operate, x-ray equipment unless the individual has passed an examination approved
by the commissioner of health, or an examination determined to the satisfaction of the
commissioner of health to be an equivalent national, state, or regional examination,
that demonstrates the individual's knowledge of basic radiation safety, proper use of
deleted text begin x-raydeleted text end new text begin ionizing radiation-producingnew text end equipment, deleted text begin darkroom and film processing,deleted text end and quality
assurance procedures. The commissioner shall establish by rule criteria for the approval of
examinations required for an individual operating an x-ray machine in Minnesota.
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Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 144.121, subdivisions 1c and 4,
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are repealed.
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