Section 320.10  Registration

a)         For purposes of registration pursuant to this Part, the phrase "radiation installation" shall mean any location or facility where radiation machines are located.

b)         Installation Registration

1)         Any operator of a radiation installation shall register such radiation installation with the Department of Nuclear Safety (Department).  The operator shall register the installation, before the installation is placed in operation, on a form prescribed by the Department which shall include:

A)        The operator's name;

B)        The location and confines of the radiation installation; and

C)        The type, manufacturer, model, serial number and room location of radiation machines possessed.

2)         Radiation machines that are located in a single building or in a group of buildings that are contiguous to one another, and used by the same operator, shall be treated as a single radiation installation unless requested otherwise in writing by the operator and approved by the Department.

c)         Installation Classifications

Radiation installations shall be divided into the following 4 classes:

1)         Class A − Class A shall include dental offices and veterinary offices with radiation machines used solely for diagnosis and all installations using commercially manufactured cabinet radiographic/fluoroscopic radiation machines. [420 ILCS 40/25(f)]  Class A installations shall be inspected at intervals not exceeding 5 years.

2)         Class B − Class B shall include offices or clinics of persons licensed under the Medical Practice Act of 1987 or the Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987 with radiation machines used solely for diagnosis and all installations using spectroscopy radiation machines, noncommercially manufactured cabinet radiographic/fluoroscopic radiation machines, portable radiographic/fluoroscopic units, non-cabinet baggage/package fluoroscopic radiation machines and electronic beam welders. [420 ILCS 40/25(f)] Class B installations shall be inspected at intervals not exceeding 2 years.

3)         Class C − Class C shall include installations using diffraction radiation machines, open radiography radiation machines, closed radiographic/fluoroscopic radiation machines and radiation machines used as gauges.  Test booths, bays, or rooms used by manufacturing, assembly or repair facilities for testing radiation machines shall be categorized as Class C radiation installations. [420 ILCS 40/25(f)]  Class C installations shall be inspected at intervals not exceeding 1 year.

4)         Class D − Class D shall include all hospitals and other facilities using mammography, computed tomography (CT), or therapeutic radiation machines. [420 ILCS 40/25(f)]  Class D installations shall be inspected at intervals not exceeding 1 year.

d)         Machine Registration

1)         Every operator of a radiation installation shall register radiation machines annually on a form prescribed by the Department.

2)         An annual registration fee for each machine possessed on January 1 of each year shall be submitted with the registration form.  This fee, based on the type of facility and radiation machines possessed, is listed in this subsection (d)(2) as follows:

3)         Radiation installations for which more than one class is applicable shall be assigned the classification requiring the most frequent inspection [420 ILCS 40/25(f-1)] and resultant fee.

4)         Radiation installation not specified as Class A, B, C or D shall be assigned an inspection interval, classification and resultant fee by the Department, based on the radiation machines' use and associated radiation hazard.

5)         The Department shall bill the operator for the registration fee as soon as practical after January 1.  The registration fee shall be due and payable within 60 days after the date of billing.  If after 60 days the registration fee is not paid, the Department may issue an order directing the operator of the installation to cease use of all radiation machines or take other appropriate enforcement action as provided in Section 36 of the Act. Fees collected under this Section are not refundable. [420 ILCS 40/24.7]

(Source:  Amended at 27 Ill. Reg. 3465, effective February 17, 2003)