California Code
DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
PART 9 - RADIATION

CHAPTER 4 - The Radiation Protection Act of 1999

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 114650. - 114650. (a) As used in this chapter, the following definitions...

Section 114655. - 114655. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows:...

ARTICLE 2 - Responsibilities of the Office of Emergency Services

Section 114660. - 114660. (a) The office is responsible for the coordination and...

ARTICLE 3 - Responsibilities of the State Department of Health Services

Section 114662. - 114662. (a) The department shall provide technical support for plume...

ARTICLE 4 - Responsibilities of Local Government

Section 114677. - 114677. (a) Local governments shall develop and maintain radiological emergency...

ARTICLE 5 - Responsibilities of Entities Providing Utilities

Section 114680. - 114680. Entities providing utilities shall perform all of the following...

ARTICLE 6 - Responsibilities of Other Agencies

Section 114685. - 114685. (a) The Department of Transportation shall include within its...

CHAPTER 5 - Containment of Radioactive Materials

ARTICLE 1 - Control of Radioactive Contamination of the Environment

Section 114705. - 114705. The Legislature finds and declares that radioactive contamination of...

Section 114710. - 114710. As used in this article the following terms have...

Section 114715. - 114715. No person shall bury, throw away, or in any...

Section 114720. - 114720. The department may, by written order, prohibit the disposal...

Section 114725. - 114725. The department may, by written order, prohibit the storage,...

Section 114730. - 114730. The person to whom an order has been issued...

Section 114735. - 114735. The department may bring an action in a court...

Section 114740. - 114740. The department shall maintain surveillance over the storage, packaging,...

Section 114745. - 114745. No person shall operate a nuclear reactor, nuclear fuel...

Section 114750. - 114750. No person shall conduct any field tracer study unless...

Section 114755. - 114755. The department shall monitor radioactive materials in the environment,...

Section 114760. - 114760. The department shall, at least once per month, make...

Section 114765. - 114765. Any regulations relating to radioactive material cargo, including, but...

Section 114775. - 114775. The department, utilizing available funds and in cooperation with...

Section 114780. - 114780. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the dumping...

ARTICLE 2 - Radiation Monitoring Devices for Nuclear Power Plants

Section 114785. - 114785. Each privately owned and publicly owned public utility operating...

Section 114790. - 114790. The information transmitted to the radiation monitoring displays in...

Section 114795. - 114795. The funds expended by privately owned utilities complying with...

Section 114800. - 114800. In no event shall a plant operator be required...

Section 114805. - 114805. Nothing in this article shall require powerplant modifications or...

Section 114810. - 114810. Failure to comply with this article shall not constitute...

ARTICLE 3 - Transportation of Radioactive Materials

Section 114815. - 114815. For the purposes of this article the term “radioactive...

Section 114820. - 114820. (a) The department, with the assistance of the Office...

Section 114825. - 114825. Regulations adopted by the department pursuant to Section 114820...

Section 114830. - 114830. It is the legislative intention in enacting this article...

Section 114835. - 114835. A violation of any regulation adopted by the department...

CHAPTER 6 - Radiologic Technology

ARTICLE 1 - Declaration of Policy

Section 114840. - 114840. The Legislature finds and declares that the public health...

Section 114845. - 114845. The Legislature finds and declares that the public health...

ARTICLE 2 - Definitions

Section 114850. - 114850. As used in this chapter: (a) “Department” means the...

ARTICLE 3 - Radiologic Technology Certification

Section 114855. - 114855. The department shall appoint a certification committee to assist,...

Section 114860. - 114860. The committee shall consist of the director or his...

Section 114865. - 114865. Members of the committee shall serve without compensation but...

ARTICLE 4 - Committee Administration and Regulations

Section 114870. - 114870. The department shall do all of the following: (a)...

Section 114871. - 114871. (a) In addition to the limited permits authorized to...

Section 114872. - 114872. (a) The department shall issue a licentiate fluoroscopy permit...

Section 114875. - 114875. The department may, upon application, on a form prescribed...

Section 114880. - 114880. Any regulations adopted by the department pursuant to subdivision...

Section 114885. - 114885. The department shall, upon individual application, grant special permits...

Section 114890. - 114890. Notwithstanding Section 107075, any person who violates any provision...

Section 114895. - 114895. (a) Any person who intentionally or through gross negligence...

Section 114896. - 114896. The department shall keep certificate holders and permitholders apprised...

CHAPTER 7 - Atomic Energy Development

ARTICLE 1 - Short Title

Section 114900. - 114900. This chapter may be cited and shall be known...

ARTICLE 2 - Declaration of Policy

Section 114905. - 114905. The Legislature finds and declares that the peacetime uses...

Section 114907. - 114907. “Atomic energy” means all forms of energy released in...

Section 114908. - 114908. As used in this chapter, “secretary” means the Secretary...

ARTICLE 3 - Coordination of Atomic Energy Development

Section 114910. - 114910. The secretary shall perform the liaison function between the...

Section 114915. - 114915. The secretary shall coordinate the programs, and regulations of...

Section 114920. - 114920. No rule or regulation applying to atomic energy development,...

Section 114925. - 114925. Whenever the secretary determines that an existing or proposed...

Section 114930. - 114930. The secretary may, when he or she deems necessary...

Section 114935. - 114935. The secretary shall keep the Governor and the various...

Section 114940. - 114940. The secretary shall disseminate to the public factual data...

Section 114945. - 114945. The secretary may consult with and seek the advice...

Section 114950. - 114950. The department shall keep current information on the permits...

Section 114955. - 114955. Nothing contained in this chapter shall impair the authority...

CHAPTER 8 - Radiation Control Law

ARTICLE 1 - General

Section 114960. - 114960. This chapter shall be known, and may be cited,...

Section 114965. - 114965. It is the policy of the State of California,...

Section 114970. - 114970. It is the purpose of this chapter to effectuate...

Section 114975. - 114975. Rules and regulations adopted under this chapter shall be...

Section 114980. - 114980. The Radiation Control Fund is hereby created as a...

Section 114985. - 114985. As used in this chapter: (a) “Secretary” means the...

ARTICLE 3 - Control Agency

Section 114990. - 114990. The department is designated as the agency responsible for...

Section 114995. - 114995. The authority of the department to issue licenses pursuant...

Section 115000. - 115000. The department shall, for the protection of public health...

Section 115000.1. - 115000.1. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following...

Section 115005. - 115005. In addition to the requirements imposed by Section 115000,...

Section 115010. - 115010. (a) The department shall not grant any license to...

Section 115010.5. - 115010.5. The department shall, by regulation, establish and collect a...

Section 115015. - 115015. The department may limit the number of licenses issued...

Section 115020. - 115020. (a) All applicants filing a statement of capabilities and...

Section 115025. - 115025. (a) If, within 45 days after the termination of...

Section 115030. - 115030. The department may require that all schedules of fees...

Section 115035. - 115035. In addition to the fees authorized to be levied...

Section 115040. - 115040. (a) The license designee shall file periodic financial reports...

Section 115045. - 115045. (a) The department is authorized, pursuant to subdivision (d),...

Section 115050. - 115050. The Governor shall negotiate and enter into interstate agreements,...

Section 115055. - 115055. The director shall appoint, in consultation with the Chairperson...

ARTICLE 4 - Licensing and Regulation of Sources of Ionizing Radiation

Section 115060. - 115060. (a) The department shall provide by rule or regulation...

Section 115060.5. - 115060.5. (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c),...

Section 115061. - 115061. (a) In order to better protect the public and...

Section 115065. - 115065. (a) Notwithstanding Section 6103 of the Government Code, the...

Section 115070. - 115070. The frequency of inspections of radioactive materials shall be...

Section 115075. - 115075. In addition to the annual adjustment of the fees...

Section 115080. - 115080. (a) Notwithstanding Section 6103 of the Government Code, the...

Section 115085. - 115085. The average inspection frequency for ionizing radiation machines shall...

Section 115090. - 115090. In making the determination of whether to grant, deny,...

Section 115091. - 115091. The department shall require a licensee or an applicant...

Section 115092. - 115092. (a) The department shall deposit all money received from...

Section 115093. - 115093. (a) The department shall require, as a condition of...

ARTICLE 5 - Inspection

Section 115095. - 115095. Any officer, employee, or agent of the department or...

Section 115100. - 115100. (a) The person responsible for registering mammographic X-ray equipment...

Section 115102. - 115102. (a) A facility that operates a mammogram machine shall...

ARTICLE 6 - Records

Section 115105. - 115105. The department shall require each person who acquires, possesses...

Section 115110. - 115110. The department shall require each person who possesses or...

Section 115111. - 115111. (a) Commencing July 1, 2012, subject to subdivision (e),...

Section 115112. - 115112. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), commencing July...

Section 115113. - 115113. (a) Except for an event that results from patient...

Section 115115. - 115115. The person responsible for registering mammographic X-ray equipment or...

ARTICLE 7 - Federal-State Agreements

Section 115120. - 115120. The Governor, on behalf of this state, may enter...

Section 115125. - 115125. Any person who, on the effective date of an...

ARTICLE 8 - Inspection Agreements and Training Programs

Section 115130. - 115130. The department, on behalf of this state, may enter...

Section 115135. - 115135. The department and any other appropriate state agency may...

Section 115140. - 115140. Ordinances, resolutions or regulations, now or hereafter in effect,...

ARTICLE 10 - Administrative Procedure

Section 115145. - 115145. (a) In any proceeding under this chapter for granting...

Section 115150. - 115150. Whenever the department finds that an emergency exists requiring...

Section 115155. - 115155. Any final order entered in any proceeding under Sections...

ARTICLE 11 - Injunction Proceedings

Section 115160. - 115160. Whenever, in the judgment of the department, any person...

ARTICLE 12 - Uses

Section 115165. - 115165. It shall be unlawful for any person to use,...

Section 115170. - 115170. It is unlawful for any person to manufacture, construct,...

ARTICLE 13 - Impounding of Materials

Section 115175. - 115175. The department shall have the authority in the event...

Section 115180. - 115180. The term “decontamination,” as used in this chapter, means...

Section 115185. - 115185. If the department determines that any object, building, structure,...

Section 115190. - 115190. If the department determines that the object, building, structure,...

Section 115195. - 115195. If the department causes the object, building, structure or...

Section 115200. - 115200. If the contamination of the object, building, structure, or...

Section 115205. - 115205. (a) A lien in favor of the people of...

Section 115210. - 115210. (a) The city attorney of the city or the...

ARTICLE 14 - Penalties

Section 115215. - 115215. (a) Any person who violates this chapter, or rules,...

Section 115220. - 115220. (a) Any person who intentionally or through gross negligence...

ARTICLE 15 - Effective Date of Licensing Provisions

Section 115225. - 115225. Subdivision (a) of Section 115060 and other provisions of...

ARTICLE 16 - Agreement Between the United State Atomic Energy Commission and the State of California

Section 115230. - 115230. The Legislature of the State of California hereby ratifies...

Section 115235. - 115235. The provisions of said agreement are as follows: Article...

ARTICLE 17 - Southwestern Low Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact

Section 115250. - 115250. The Legislature of the State of California hereby enacts...

Section 115255. - 115255. The provisions of the Southwestern Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal...

Section 115260. - 115260. Notwithstanding Section 115255, authority for on-highway routing and enforcement...

Section 115261. - 115261. (a) The department may not issue a license to...

Section 115265. - 115265. Notwithstanding Section 115255, authority for rail transportation routing and...

Section 115270. - 115270. The department shall adopt regulations specifying the modes of...

ARTICLE 18 - Radionuclide Air Contaminants

Section 115271. - 115271. (a) For purposes of this article, the following terms...

Section 115271.2. - 115271.2. The department may establish a program to enable the...

Section 115271.3. - 115271.3. If the state receives federal approval to implement and...

Section 115271.4. - 115271.4. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the regulations...

ARTICLE 19 - Radioactive Waste Reduction

Section 115273. - 115273. In implementing this chapter, the department, consistent with other...

CHAPTER 9 - Nuclear Powerplant Radiation

Section 115275. - 115275. It is the intent of the Legislature that in...

Section 115280. - 115280. (a) Each privately owned and publicly owned public utility...

Section 115285. - 115285. Nothing in this chapter shall relieve nuclear powerplant operators...

Section 115290. - 115290. Failure to comply with any provision of this chapter...

Section 115295. - 115295. If the Humboldt Bay Nuclear Generating Station is not...

CHAPTER 12 - Protection from Effects of Exposure to Radioactive Iodine in Nuclear Emergencies

Section 115340. - 115340. (a) The State Department of Health Care Services shall...

Section 115342. - 115342. This chapter shall be implemented only to the extent...