Title X, Public Health

I. The program shall require each person who manufactures, possesses, distributes, sells, installs, repairs, or uses a source of radiation to maintain records relative to its receipt, storage, transfer, or disposal, and such other records as the program may require subject to exe…

I. The governor and council, on behalf of this state, are authorized to enter into agreements with the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission or any successor thereto, pursuant to section 274(b) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, providing for discontinuance of ce…

In addition to any other contract authority, the department, through its program, is authorized to enter into an agreement or agreements with the federal government pursuant to section 274(i) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, other states, or interstate agencies relat…

This chapter shall not be construed as repealing any laws of the state relating to radiation sources, exposures, radiation protection, and professional licensure, but shall be held and construed as auxiliary and supplementary to them, except to the extent that they are in direct …

Procedures for action by the department through its program on license applications, action against licensees, and availability of adjudication proceedings shall be in accordance with RSA 541-A.

A civil action may be instituted in superior court on behalf of the department for injunctive relief to prevent the violation of the provisions of this chapter or rules adopted hereunder. The court may proceed in the action in a summary manner or otherwise and may restrain in all…

It shall be unlawful for any person to use, manufacture, or produce, distribute, sell, transport, transfer, install, repair, receive, acquire, own or possess any source of radiation unless licensed by or registered with the department in conformance with rules, if any, adopted in…

The purpose of this chapter is to effectuate the policy set forth in RSA 125-F:1 by providing: I. A program of effective regulation of sources of radiation to protect the occupational and public health and safety. II. A program to promote an orderly regulatory pattern within the …

Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted as limiting reasonable intentional exposure of patients to radiation by members of any legally recognized healing profession as authorized by law.

Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter or rule adopted pursuant to this chapter or who violates any order of the program issued under the authority of this chapter, except as provided in RSA 125-F:9, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or …

I. Any person who violates any license or registration provision of this chapter or any rule or order issued thereunder, or any term, condition, or limitation of any license or registration certificate issued thereunder, or commits any violation for which a license or registratio…

No existing civil or criminal remedy for any wrongful action which is a violation of the rules adopted hereunder shall be excluded or impaired by this chapter.

The powers and functions vested in the department of health and human services, under the provisions of this chapter, shall not be construed to affect, in any manner, powers, duties and functions vested in the department of health and human services under any other provisions of …

If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or application, and to this end the p…

As used in this chapter: I. "Artificially produced radioactive material" means any material made radioactive (emits radiation spontaneously) by a particle accelerator or other means other than those which produce byproduct material. II. "Byproduct material" means any radioactive …

There is hereby established a radiological health program in the department of health and human services. The commissioner of the department of health and human services shall designate a manager of the program, who shall perform the functions vested in the department under this …

For the protection of occupational and public health and safety, the department shall: I. Develop systems for evaluation and control of hazards associated with the use of sources of radiation. II. Develop systems described in paragraph I, with due regard for compatibility with fe…

I. There is hereby established an advisory committee to be known as the state radiation advisory committee which shall consist of 9 members. The committee membership shall at all times be limited to no more than 2 members from any one field or profession representing a physical s…

I. When adopting rules under RSA 541-A, the department, through its program, shall provide for general or specific licensing of naturally occurring, artificially produced, byproduct, source, and special nuclear materials or devices or equipment utilizing such material. The rules …

I. The department, through its program, shall prescribe and collect such fees as may be established by rule for radiation protection services provided under this chapter. Services for which fees may be established include: (a) Registration of radiation equipment and other sources…

I. There is hereby established the New Hampshire low-level radioactive waste management fund to be used for the purposes of this section. This nonlapsing, revolving special fund is hereby continually appropriated to be expended by the department of health and human services in ac…

There is hereby established the radiation user and laboratory fees fund to be used to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The fund shall be composed of fees collected in accordance with RSA 125-F:8, IV. The fund shall be nonlapsing and shall be continually appropriated to t…

I. Each licensee of a nuclear powered reactor shall comply with the reporting requirements for significant events contained in the regulations of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. II. As used in this section, "significant event" means any event which must be reported to the Nucl…