Minnesota Session Laws - 1993, Regular Session

  
    Laws of Minnesota 1993 

                        CHAPTER 188-S.F.No. 739 
           An act relating to health; regulating ionization 
          radiation; exempting practitioners of veterinary 
          medicine from certain quality assurance tests; 
          amending Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 144.121, by 
          adding subdivisions. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 144.121, is 
amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
    Subd. 3.  [EXEMPTION.] Notwithstanding rules adopted by the 
commissioner under section 144.12, subdivision 1, clause (15), 
practitioners of veterinary medicine are not required to conduct 
densitometry and sensitometry tests as part of any ionizing 
radiation quality assurance program. 
    Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 144.121, is 
amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
    Subd. 4.  [RADIATION MONITORING.] Whenever involved in 
radiation procedures, practitioners of veterinary medicine and 
staff shall wear film-based radiation monitoring badges to 
monitor individual exposure.  The badges must be submitted 
periodically to a dosimetry service for individual exposure 
determination. 
    Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
    This act is effective July 1, 1993. 
    Presented to the governor May 12, 1993 
    Signed by the governor May 14, 1993, 9:59 p.m.