1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; adding security screening systems to ionizing radiation-producing 
1.3 	equipment; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 
1.4 	144.121, subdivision 1a, by adding a subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 144.121, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 1a.Fees for ionizing radiation-producing equipment. (a) A facility with ionizing 
1.8 	radiation-producing equipment must pay an annual initial or annual renewal registration 
1.9 	fee consisting of a base facility fee of $100 and an additional fee for each radiation source, 
1.10 	as follows:

1.11 | (1) | medical or veterinary equipment | $ | 100 |
1.12 | (2) | dental x-ray equipment | $ | 40 |

1.131.14

(3)

x-ray equipment not used on 
humans or animals

$

100

1.151.16

1.17

(4)

devices with sources of ionizing 
radiation not used on humans or 
animals

$

100

1.18 | (5) | security screening system | $ | 100 |
1.19 	(b) A facility with radiation therapy and accelerator equipment must pay an annual 
1.20 	registration fee of $500. A facility with an industrial accelerator must pay an annual 
1.21 	registration fee of $150.
1.22 	(c) Electron microscopy equipment is exempt from the registration fee requirements of 
1.23 	this section.
2.1 	(d) For purposes of this section, a security screening system means radiation-producing 
2.2 	equipment designed and used for security screening of humans who are in the custody of a 
2.3 	correctional or detention facility, and used by the facility to image and identify contraband 
2.4 	items concealed within or on all sides of a human body. For purposes of this section, a 
2.5 	correctional or detention facility is a facility licensed under section 241.021 and operated 
2.6 	by a state agency or political subdivision charged with detection, enforcement, or 
2.7 	incarceration in respect to state criminal and traffic laws.

2.8 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 144.121, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
2.9 	read:
2.10 		Subd. 9.Exemption from examination requirements; operators of security screening 
2.11 	systems. (a) An employee of a correctional or detention facility who operates a security 
2.12 	screening system and the facility in which the system is being operated are exempt from 
2.13 	the requirements of subdivisions 5 and 6.
2.14 	(b) An employee of a correctional or detention facility who operates a security screening 
2.15 	system and the facility in which the system is being operated must meet the requirements 
2.16 	of a variance to Minnesota Rules, parts 4732.0305 and 4732.0565, issued under Minnesota 
2.17 	Rules, parts 4717.7000 to 4717.7050. This paragraph expires on December 31 of the year 
2.18 	that the permanent rules adopted by the commissioner governing security screening systems 
2.19 	are published in the State Register.

2.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

2.21 	Sec. 3. APPROPRIATION.
 2.22 	$29,000 in fiscal year 2020 and $21,000 in fiscal year 2021 are appropriated from the 
2.23 	state government special revenue fund to the commissioner of health for rulemaking under 
2.24 	Minnesota Statutes, section 144.121.