Guam § 31108 - Rules and Regulations.

§ 31108. Rules and Regulations.

(a) The Director shall promulgate rules and regulations providing for

general or specific license or registration, or exemption therefrom, for radio-

active materials and other sources of ionizing radiation. Such rules and

regulations shall also provide for amendment, suspension or revocation of

licenses. In connection therewith, he may, by rule, establish requirements

for record keeping, personnel monitoring and exposure records, permissible

levels of exposure, notification and reports of accidents, technical qualifi-

cations of personnel, handling, transportation, storage, waste disposal,

posting and labeling of hazardous sources and areas, surveys and

monitoring.

(b) The rules and regulations shall not limit the intentional required

exposure of patients to radiation for the purpose of medical diagnosis,

medical therapy or research conducted by licensed members of the healing

arts.

(c) In promulgating rules and regulations pursuant to this Chapter, the

Director shall avoid requiring dual licensing, insofar as practicable. Rules

promulgated by the Director may provide for recognition of other state or

Federal licenses as the Director may deem desirable, subject to such

registration requirements as the Director may prescribe. Any person who

possesses a license issued by the Federal government for a source of

ionizing radiation of the type for which the state assumes regulatory

responsibility under such agreement, shall be deemed to possess an identical

license pursuant to this Chapter which license shall expire either ninety (90)

days after receipt of a written notice of termination from the Department or

on the date of expiration stated in the Federal license, whichever is the

earlier.

(d) The Director shall establish by rules and regulations a schedule of

fees which shall be paid by applicants for specific licenses for radioactive

materials and devices and equipment utilizing such materials.

(e) The Director shall establish by rules and regulations a schedule of

fees which shall be paid by applicants for specific licenses for other sources

of ionizing radiation and the renewal thereof and by persons possessing

sources of ionizing radiation which are subject to registration. If the

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Director does not inspect a source of ionizing radiation for a period of five

(5) consecutive years, the licensee or registrant of such source of ionizing

radiation shall be excused from payment of future license or registration

fees as to such source of ionizing radiation until the first license or regis-

tration renewal date following the time an inspection thereof is made.

(f) A department, agency or official thereof may not license, regulate or

require the registration of any radioactive materials or other sources of

ionizing radiation.

(g) All fees collected under this Chapter shall be deposited in the

General Fund.