HF 1582

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:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 144.1205, subdivision 1, is amended to
read:

Subdivision 1.

Application and license renewal fee.

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 by paying a license renewal fee equal to the application fee
under subdivision 4. The expiration date of a license is the date set by the United States
Nuclear Regulatory Commission before transfer of the licensing program under section
144.1202 and thereafter as specified by rule of the commissioner of health.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 144.121, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:

Subd. 1a.

Fees for x-ray machines and other sources of ionizing
radiation-producing equipment.

A facility with x-ray machines or other sources of
ionizing radiation-producing equipment must biennially pay an annual initial or biennial
annual renewal registration fee consisting of a base facility fee of $132 $66 and an
additional fee for each x-ray machine or other source of ionizing radiation source, as
follows:

(1)	medical or veterinary equipment		$ . 106 53
(2)	dental x-ray equipment		$ . 66 33
(3)	accelerator		$ . 132 66
(4)	radiation therapy equipment		$ . 132 66
(5)	x-ray equipment not used on humans or animals		$ . 106 53
(6)	devices with sources of ionizing radiation not used on humans or animals		$ . 106 53
(7)	sources of radium		$ . 198

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 144.121, subdivision 5, is amended to read:

Subd. 5.

Examination for individual operating x-ray equipment.

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
x-ray ionizing radiation-producing equipment, darkroom and film processing, 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.

Sec. 4. REPEALER.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 144.121, subdivisions 1c and 4, are repealed.