The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 18 V.S.A. § 1652)
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§ 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.)