Section 74-3-4 - Definitions

As used in the Radiation Protection Act: A. 'board' means the environmental improvement board; B. 'agency' or 'division' means the environmental protection division of the department of environment; C. 'council' means the radiation technical advisory council; D. 'radiation' includes particulate and electromagnetic radiation and ultrasound, but does not include audible sound; E. 'radioactive material' includes any materials or sources, regardless of chemical or physical state, that emit radiation; F. 'radiation equipment' means any device that is capable of producing radiation; G. 'agreement state' means any state with which the nuclear regulatory commission has entered into an agreement under Section 274(b) of the federal Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended; H. 'person' means any individual, partnership, firm, public or private corporation, association, trust, estate, political subdivision or agency, or any other legal entity or its legal representatives, agents or assigns; I. 'continued care fund' means the radiation protection continued care fund; J. 'director' means the director of the division; K.

y other legal entity or its legal representatives, agents or assigns; I. 'continued care fund' means the radiation protection continued care fund; J. 'director' means the director of the division; K. 'nuclear regulatory commission' means the United States nuclear regulatory commission; and L. 'secretary' means the secretary of environment. History: Laws 1959, ch. 185, § 1; 1953 Comp., § 12-9-1; Laws 1971, ch. 277, § 17; reenacted as 1953 Comp., § 12-9-4 by Laws 1971, ch. 284, § 4; 1977, ch. 253, § 33; 1977, ch. 343, § 4; 2003, ch. 297, § 2. ANNOTATIONSRepeals and reenactments. — Laws 1971, ch. 284, § 4, repealed former 12-9-4, 1953 Comp., relating to promulgation of radiation regulations, and enacted a new 74-3-4 NMSA 1978. Cross references. — For exemption of environmental improvement board from authority of secretary of environment, see 9-7A-12 NMSA 1978. For § 274(b) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, see 42 U.S.C. § 2021(b). For the United States nuclear regulatory commission, see 42 U.S.C. § 5841. The 2003 amendment, effective July 1, 2003, rewrote Subsection B; in Subsection G, deleted 'or its successor' following 'nuclear regulatory commission' near the middle and inserted

42 U.S.C. § 5841. The 2003 amendment, effective July 1, 2003, rewrote Subsection B; in Subsection G, deleted 'or its successor' following 'nuclear regulatory commission' near the middle and inserted 'federal' preceding 'Atomic Energy Act' near the end; substituted 'division' for 'environmental improvement agency and' at the end of Subsection J; in Subsection K, deleted 'the United States atomic energy commission' preceding 'the United States' near the middle and deleted 'or its successor' near the end; and added Subsection L.