Vermont § 1652 - State radiation control

§ 1652. State radiation control

• (a) The Department is the radiation control agency for the State of Vermont. The Commissioner
  may designate the Radiation Control Director within the Department as the individual
  who shall perform the functions vested in the Department by this chapter. (b) The Department shall, for the protection of the occupational and public health and
  safety, develop programs for the control of ionizing and nonionizing radiation compatible
  with federal programs for regulation of by-product, source, and special nuclear materials. (c) The Department may adopt, amend, and repeal rules under 3 V.S.A. chapter 25 that may
  provide for licensing and registration for the control of sources of ionizing radiation
  and that may provide for the control and regulation of sources of nonionizing radiation. (d) The Department shall advise, consult, and cooperate with other agencies of the State,
  the federal government, other states and interstate agencies, political subdivisions,
  industries, and with groups concerned with control of sources of ionizing and nonionizing
  radiation. (e) Applicants for registration of X-ray equipment shall pay an annual registration fee
  of $85.00 per piece of equipment. (f) Fees collected under this section shall be credited to a special fund established
  and managed pursuant to 32 V.S.A. chapter 7, subchapter 5 and shall be available to
  the Department to offset the costs of providing services relating to licensing and
  registration and controlling sources of ionizing radiation. (Added 1967, No. 27, § 2; amended 1977, No. 83, § 2; 2007, No. 76, § 11; 2009, No. 134 (Adj. Sess.), § 27; 2011, No. 128 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2015, No. 57, § 8; 2015, No. 82 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)