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91_HB2640

 
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 1        AN ACT regarding radiation protection.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.  The Radiation Installation Act is amended by
 5    adding Section 7 as follows:

 6        (420 ILCS 30/7 new)
 7        Sec. 7.  Repeal.  This Act  is  repealed  on  January  1,
 8    2000.

 9        Section  10.   The  Radiation  Protection  Act of 1990 is
10    amended by changing Sections 4, 10, 11, 13, 25,  27,  and  36
11    and adding Sections 24.7 and 25.1 as follows:

12        (420 ILCS 40/4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 210-4)
13        Sec. 4. Definitions.  As used in this Act:
14        (a)  "Accreditation"  means  the  process  by  which  the
15    Department  of  Nuclear  Safety  grants permission to persons
16    meeting the requirements of this  Act  and  the  Department's
17    rules   and   regulations   to  engage  in  the  practice  of
18    administering radiation to human beings.
19        (a-5) (a)  "By-product   material"   means:    (1)    any
20    radioactive   material   (except  special  nuclear  material)
21    yielded in or  made  radioactive  by  exposure  to  radiation
22    incident  to  the  process  of producing or utilizing special
23    nuclear material; and (2) the tailings or wastes produced  by
24    the  extraction  or  concentration of uranium or thorium from
25    any ore processed primarily for its source material  content,
26    including  discrete surface wastes resulting from underground
27    solution extraction processes but not  including  underground
28    ore bodies depleted by such solution extraction processes.
29        (b)  "Department"  means the Department of Nuclear Safety
 
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 1    in the State of Illinois.
 2        (c)  "Director" means the Director of the  Department  of
 3    Nuclear Safety.
 4        (d)  "General  license"  means  a  license,  pursuant  to
 5    regulations  promulgated by the Department, effective without
 6    the filing of  an  application  to  transfer,  acquire,  own,
 7    possess  or  use  quantities  of,  or  devices  or  equipment
 8    utilizing, radioactive material, including but not limited to
 9    by-product, source or special nuclear materials.
10        (d-3)  "Mammography"  means  radiography  of  the  breast
11    primarily   for  the  purpose  of  enabling  a  physician  to
12    determine  the  presence,  size,  location  and   extent   of
13    cancerous or potentially cancerous tissue in the breast.
14        (d-7)  "Operator" is an individual, group of individuals,
15    partnership,  firm, corporation, association, or other entity
16    conducting the business or activities  carried  on  within  a
17    radiation installation.
18        (e)  "Person"    means   any   individual,   corporation,
19    partnership, firm,  association,  trust,  estate,  public  or
20    private  institution, group, agency, political subdivision of
21    this State, any  other  State  or  political  subdivision  or
22    agency  thereof,  and  any  legal  successor, representative,
23    agent, or agency of the  foregoing,  other  than  the  United
24    States   Nuclear  Regulatory  Commission,  or  any  successor
25    thereto, and other than federal government agencies  licensed
26    by  the  United  States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, or any
27    successor thereto.
28        (f)  "Radiation" or "ionizing radiation" means gamma rays
29    and x-rays, alpha and beta particles, high  speed  electrons,
30    neutrons,   protons,   and   other   nuclear   particles   or
31    electromagnetic radiations capable of producing ions directly
32    or  indirectly  in their passage through matter; but does not
33    include sound  or  radio  waves,  or  visible,  infrared,  or
34    ultraviolet light.
 
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 1        (f-5)  "Radiation   emergency"   means  the  uncontrolled
 2    release of radioactive material from a radiation installation
 3    which poses a potential threat to the public health, welfare,
 4    and safety.
 5        (g)  "Radiation installation" is any location or facility
 6    where  radiation  machines  are  used  or  where  radioactive
 7    material is produced, transported, stored,  disposed  of,  or
 8    used for any purpose.
 9        (h)  "Radiation  machine"  is  any  device  that produces
10    radiation when in use.
11        (i)  "Radioactive material" means any solid,  liquid,  or
12    gaseous substance which emits radiation spontaneously.
13        (j)  "Radiation source" or "source of ionizing radiation"
14    means  a radiation machine or radioactive material as defined
15    herein.
16        (k)  "Source material" means (1) uranium, thorium, or any
17    other material which the Department declares by order  to  be
18    source  material  after  the United States Nuclear Regulatory
19    Commission, or any  successor  thereto,  has  determined  the
20    material  to  be  such; or (2) ores containing one or more of
21    the  foregoing  materials,  in  such  concentration  as   the
22    Department  declares by order to be source material after the
23    United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, or any successor
24    thereto, has determined the material in such concentration to
25    be source material.
26        (l)  "Special  nuclear  material"  means  (1)  plutonium,
27    uranium 233, uranium enriched in the isotope 233  or  in  the
28    isotope  235,  and  any  other  material which the Department
29    declares by order to be special nuclear  material  after  the
30    United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, or any successor
31    thereto, has determined the material to be such, but does not
32    include  source  material;  or  (2) any material artificially
33    enriched by any of the foregoing, but does not include source
34    material.
 
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 1        (m)  "Specific license" means  a  license,  issued  after
 2    application, to use, manufacture, produce, transfer, receive,
 3    acquire,  own,  or  possess  quantities  of,  or  devices  or
 4    equipment utilizing radioactive materials.
 5        (n)  "Radiation emergency" means the uncontrolled release
 6    of  radioactive  material from a radiation installation which
 7    poses a potential threat to the public health,  welfare,  and
 8    safety.
 9        (o)  "Accreditation"  means  the  process  by  which  the
10    Department  of  Nuclear  Safety  grants permission to persons
11    meeting the requirements of this  Act  and  the  Department's
12    rules   and   regulations   to  engage  in  the  practice  of
13    administering radiation to human beings.
14        (p)  "Mammography"  means  radiography  of   the   breast
15    primarily   for  the  purpose  of  enabling  a  physician  to
16    determine  the  presence,  size,  location  and   extent   of
17    cancerous or potentially cancerous tissue in the breast.
18    (Source: P.A. 86-1341; 87-604.)

19        (420 ILCS 40/10) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 210-10)
20        Sec.   10.  Licensing  of  certain  sources  of  ionizing
21    radiation.
22        (1)  The Department shall provide by rule  or  regulation
23    for  general  or  specific licensing of by-product materials,
24    source materials, special nuclear materials,  or  devices  or
25    equipment utilizing or producing such materials. Such rule or
26    regulation   shall  provide  for  amendment,  suspension,  or
27    revocation of licenses.
28        (2)  The Department is authorized to require registration
29    of other sources of ionizing radiation.
30        (3)  The  Department  is  authorized  to  exempt  certain
31    sources of ionizing radiation or kinds of uses or users  from
32    the licensing requirements set forth in this section when the
33    Department makes a finding that the exemption of such sources
 
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 1    of  ionizing  radiation  or  kinds  of uses or users will not
 2    constitute a significant risk to health  and  safety  of  the
 3    public.
 4        (4)  The   Department  is  authorized  to  enforce  rules
 5    pertaining to labeling, handling, packaging, transferring and
 6    transporting radiation sources.
 7        (5)  The Department is authorized to  require  licensees,
 8    including  those  conducting  activities involving by-product
 9    material as defined in subsection (a-5)(2) (a)(2) of  Section
10    4  or possessing such material, to provide adequate financial
11    assurances such as surety bonds, cash deposits,  certificates
12    of  deposit,  or deposits of government securities to protect
13    the State against costs in the event of site  abandonment  or
14    failure  of a licensee to meet the Department's requirements,
15    as well as the costs of site reclamation and  long-term  site
16    monitoring  and  maintenance.   In  the event that custody of
17    by-product material as defined in subsection (a-5)(2)  (a)(2)
18    of Section 4, and the site at which such material is disposed
19    of,  is  transferred to the Federal Government, any financial
20    assurances collected for reclamation and long-term monitoring
21    and maintenance for that site shall  be  transferred  to  the
22    Federal Government.
23        (6)  The  Department  is  authorized  to promulgate rules
24    establishing radiation exposure limits for  given  population
25    groups, including differential exposure limits based on age.
26        (7)  The  Department is authorized to promulgate rules to
27    provide specific standards for what  training  or  equivalent
28    experience  it will require of a physician before approving a
29    specific license for human use of sealed radiation sources.
30        (8)  Rules and regulations promulgated to implement  this
31    Act  may  provide  for  recognition of other State or Federal
32    licenses as the Department may  deem  desirable,  subject  to
33    such   registration   requirements   as  the  Department  may
34    prescribe.
 
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 1        (9)  This Section shall not be  applicable  to  radiation
 2    sources or materials regulated by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
 3    Commission until an agreement or agreements have been entered
 4    into pursuant to Section 11 of this Act.
 5        (10)  In  the  licensing and the regulation of by-product
 6    material as defined in subsection (a-5)(2) (a)(2) of  Section
 7    4, or of any activity which results in the production of such
 8    by-product  material, the Department shall provide by rule or
 9    regulation, and shall require compliance with, standards  for
10    the  protection  of  the  public  health  and  safety and the
11    environment  which  are  equivalent   to,   to   the   extent
12    practicable,  or  more  stringent than, standards adopted and
13    enforced by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory  Commission  for  the
14    same    purpose,   including   requirements   and   standards
15    promulgated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
16        (11)  Not later than 30  days  after  submission  to  the
17    Department  of  an  application for a new license for a fixed
18    location facility or a license amendment for a  new  location
19    for  a  facility, the Department shall provide written notice
20    of the application to the municipality where the facility  is
21    to  be  located.   If  the  facility  is  to be located in an
22    unincorporated area, the notice  shall  be  provided  to  the
23    county  in  which  the  facility is to be located and to each
24    municipality located within one and  one-half  miles  of  the
25    facility.   As  used  in  this  subsection,  "fixed  location
26    facility"  or  "facility"  means  a parcel of land or a site,
27    including the structures, equipment, and improvements  on  or
28    appurtenant  to  the  land or site, that is to be used by the
29    applicant  for  the  utilization,  manufacture,  storage,  or
30    distribution of licensed radioactive materials or devices  or
31    equipment   utilizing   or   producing  licensed  radioactive
32    materials, but shall not include a temporary job site.
33    (Source: P.A. 90-359, eff. 8-10-97.)
 
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 1        (420 ILCS 40/11) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 210-11)
 2        Sec. 11.  Federal-State Agreements.
 3        (1)  The Governor, on behalf of this State, is authorized
 4    to  enter  into  agreements  with  the   Federal   Government
 5    providing  for  discontinuance  of  certain  of  the  Federal
 6    Government's  responsibilities  with  respect  to  sources of
 7    ionizing radiation and the assumption thereof by this  State,
 8    including,   but   not   limited  to,  agreements  concerning
 9    by-product material as defined in  Section  11(e)(2)  of  the
10    Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 42 U.S.C. 2014(e)(2).
11        (2)  Any   person  who,  on  the  effective  date  of  an
12    agreement under subsection (1)  above,  possesses  a  license
13    issued  by  the  Federal  Government governing activities for
14    which the Federal Government, pursuant to such agreement,  is
15    transferring  its  responsibilities  to  this  State shall be
16    deemed to possess the same pursuant to a license issued under
17    this Act, which shall expire 90 days after receipt  from  the
18    Department  of  a notice of expiration of such license, or on
19    the date of expiration  specified  in  the  Federal  license,
20    whichever is earlier.
21        (3)  At such time as Illinois enters into a Federal-State
22    Agreement  in accordance with the provisions of this Act, the
23    Department  shall  license  and  collect  license  fees  from
24    persons   operating   radiation   installations,    including
25    installations  involving  the use or possession of by-product
26    material as defined in subsection (a-5)(2) (a)(2) of  Section
27    4   and   installations  having  such  devices  or  equipment
28    utilizing or producing radioactive  materials  but  licensure
29    shall not apply to any x-ray machine, including those located
30    in  an  office  of  a  licensed  physician  or  dentist.  The
31    Department  may  also  collect  license  fees  from   persons
32    authorized by the Department to engage in decommissioning and
33    decontamination   activities   at   radiation   installations
34    including installations licensed to use or possess by-product
 
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 1    material  as defined in subsection (a-5)(2) (a)(2) of Section
 2    4.  The license fees collected from persons authorized to use
 3    or possess  by-product  material  as  defined  in  subsection
 4    (a-5)(2)  (a)(2) of Section 4 or to engage in decommissioning
 5    and decontamination  activities  at  radiation  installations
 6    where  such  by-product  material  is  used  or possessed may
 7    include fees sufficient to cover the expenses incurred by the
 8    Department  in   conjunction   with   monitoring   unlicensed
 9    properties  contaminated  with by-product material as defined
10    in subsection (a-5)(2) (a)(2) of Section 4 and overseeing the
11    decontamination of such unlicensed properties.
12        The  Department  may  impose  fees  for  termination   of
13    licenses including, but not limited to, licenses for refining
14    uranium  mill  concentrates to uranium hexafluoride; licenses
15    for possession and use  of  source  material  at  ore  buying
16    stations,  at ion exchange facilities and at facilities where
17    ore is processed to extract  metals  other  than  uranium  or
18    thorium;  and  licenses  authorizing the use or possession of
19    by-product material as defined in subsection (a-5)(2)  (a)(2)
20    of  Section  4.  The Department may also set license fees for
21    licenses  which  authorize  the  distribution   of   devices,
22    products,  or  sealed  sources  involved  in  the production,
23    utilization, or containment of  radiation.   After  a  public
24    hearing  before  the  Department,  the  fees  and  collection
25    procedures  shall  be  prescribed under rules and regulations
26    for protection against radiation  hazards  promulgated  under
27    this Act.
28    (Source: P.A. 86-1341; 87-637.)

29        (420 ILCS 40/13) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 210-13)
30        Sec.  13.  Custody  of by-product disposal sites; storage
31    and disposal fee.
32        (1)  Any radioactive materials license  which  authorizes
33    any  activity  that  results  in the production of by-product
 
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 1    material as defined in subsection (a-5)(2) (a)(2) of  Section
 2    4  or  which  authorizes  the  possession  of such by-product
 3    material,  and  which  is  subsequently  terminated   without
 4    renewal,  shall be terminated in compliance with this Section
 5    and the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.
 6        (2)  Any radioactive materials license issued or  renewed
 7    after  August  5,  1988,  which  authorizes any activity that
 8    results in the production of by-product material  as  defined
 9    in   subsection   (a-5)(2)  (a)(2)  of  Section  4  or  which
10    authorizes the possession of such by-product  material  shall
11    contain   such   terms   and  conditions  as  the  Department
12    determines  to  be  necessary  to  assure  that,   prior   to
13    termination of such license:
14             (A)  The licensee will comply with prerequisites for
15        termination    including,    but    not    limited    to,
16        decontamination,    decommissioning    and    reclamation
17        requirements  prescribed by the Department which shall be
18        equivalent  to,  to  the  extent  practicable,  or   more
19        stringent  than,  those  of  the  U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
20        Commission  for  sites  at  which  ores  were   processed
21        primarily for their source material content, and at which
22        such   by-product   material  as  defined  in  subsection
23        (a-5)(2) (a)(2) of Section 4 is deposited.
24             (B)  If the State exercises the  option  to  acquire
25        land  used  for  the  disposal  of by-product material as
26        defined in  subsection  (a-5)(2)  (a)(2)  of  Section  4,
27        ownership  of the land and such by-product material which
28        resulted from the licensed activity shall, subject to the
29        provisions of this Act, be transferred to the State.
30        (3)  The Department shall:
31             (A)  Require by  rule,  regulation  or  order  that,
32        prior  to  the  termination of any license, title to both
33        the land which is used under such license for disposal of
34        by-product material as  defined  in  subsection  (a-5)(2)
 
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 1        (a)(2)  of  Section  4,  and  the  by-product material as
 2        defined in subsection (a-5)(2) (a)(2) of Section 4, shall
 3        be transferred to the United States or the State  unless,
 4        prior  to  such  termination, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
 5        Commission determines that transfer of title to such land
 6        and  such  by-product  material  is  not   necessary   or
 7        desirable   to  protect  the  public  health,  safety  or
 8        welfare.
 9             (B)  Terminate radioactive materials  licenses  that
10        authorize  any activity that results in the production of
11        by-product material as  defined  in  subsection  (a-5)(2)
12        (a)(2)  of  Section 4 or that authorize the possession of
13        such material, only if,  prior  to  termination  of  such
14        licenses,  the  licensee has completed decontamination of
15        all  properties  that  have  been  identified  as   being
16        contaminated  with  by-product  material  at the licensed
17        site and  the  U.S.  Nuclear  Regulatory  Commission  has
18        determined that all applicable standards and requirements
19        pertaining to such material have been met.
20             (C)  In  the event title is transferred to the State
21        in accordance with paragraph (B)  of  subsection  (2)  of
22        this Section, maintain the by-product material as defined
23        in  subsection  (a-5)(2) (a)(2) of Section 4 and the land
24        used for disposal of such by-product material in  such  a
25        manner as to protect the public health and safety and the
26        environment.
27             (D)  Undertake   such  monitoring,  maintenance  and
28        emergency measures as are necessary,  determined  on  its
29        own   initiative   or  by  the  U.S.  Nuclear  Regulatory
30        Commission, to protect the public health and safety  from
31        those  materials  and  property  for  which the State has
32        assumed custody pursuant to this Act.
33        (4)  The transfer of title to land used for  disposal  of
34    by-product  material as defined in subsection (a-5)(2) (a)(2)
 
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 1    of Section 4 or such by-product material to the United States
 2    or the State shall not relieve any licensee of liability  for
 3    any  breach  of contract, tort or fraudulent or negligent act
 4    or omission prior to such transfer.
 5        (5)  By-product  material  as   defined   in   subsection
 6    (a-5)(2)  (a)(2)  of  Section  4  and land transferred to the
 7    United States or the State in accordance  with  this  Section
 8    shall be transferred without cost to the United States or the
 9    State,  other than administrative and legal costs incurred by
10    the United States or the State in carrying out such transfer.
11        (6)  In accordance with the  provisions  of  the  Uranium
12    Mill  Tailings  Radiation Control Act of 1978, the use of the
13    surface  or  subsurface  estates,  or  both,  of   the   land
14    transferred  to  the  United  States or the State pursuant to
15    paragraph (B) of subsection (2) of this Section is prohibited
16    unless  the  Commission  permits   such   use   after   first
17    determining  that  the  use  would  not  endanger  the public
18    health, safety or welfare or the environment.
19    (Source: P.A. 86-1341; 87-637; 87-1024.)

20        (420 ILCS 40/24.7 new)
21        Sec. 24.7.  Registration  requirement;  fees.   Beginning
22    January  1,  2000,  the  Department  is authorized to require
23    every operator of a radiation installation  to  register  the
24    installation  with  the Department before the installation is
25    placed in operation.  The Department is authorized to  exempt
26    certain  radiation sources from registration by rule when the
27    Department makes a determination that the exemption  of  such
28    sources  will not constitute a significant risk to health and
29    safety of the public.   Whenever  there  is  a  change  in  a
30    radiation   installation   that   affects   the  registration
31    information   provided   to   the    Department,    including
32    discontinuation  of  use or disposition of radiation sources,
33    the operator of such installation shall, within 30 days, give
 
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 1    written notice to the Department detailing the change.
 2        Beginning January 1, 2000, every  radiation  installation
 3    operator  using radiation machines shall register annually in
 4    a manner and form prescribed by the Department and shall  pay
 5    the  Department an annual registration fee for each radiation
 6    machine.  The Department shall by rule establish  the  annual
 7    registration   fee   to   register   and   inspect  radiation
 8    installations based on the type  of  facility  and  equipment
 9    possessed  by  the registrant.  The Department shall bill the
10    operator for the registration fee as soon as practical  after
11    January  1.   The  registration  fee shall be due and payable
12    within 60 days of the date of billing.  If after 60 days  the
13    registration  fee  is  not  paid, the Department may issue an
14    order directing the operator of the installation to cease use
15    of  all  radiation  machines  or   take   other   appropriate
16    enforcement  action  as  provided  in Section 36 of this Act.
17    Fees collected under this Section are not refundable.
18        Registration of  any  radiation  installation  shall  not
19    imply   approval  of  manufacture,  storage,  use,  handling,
20    operation, or disposal of radiation sources, but shall  serve
21    merely  as  notice to the Department of Nuclear Safety of the
22    location and character of radiation sources in this State.

23        (420 ILCS 40/25) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 210-25)
24        Sec. 25. Radiation inspection and testing; fees.
25        (a)  The Department  shall  inspect  and  test  radiation
26    installations   and   radiation   sources,   their  immediate
27    surroundings  and  records  concerning  their  operation   to
28    determine whether or not any radiation resulting therefrom is
29    or  may  be  detrimental  to health. For the purposes of this
30    Section,  "radiation  installation"  means  any  location  or
31    facility where radiation machines are  used.  The  inspection
32    and  testing  frequency  of a radiation installation shall be
33    based on the installation's class designation  in  accordance
 
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 1    with subsection (f).
 2        Inspections   of  mammography  installations  shall  also
 3    include evaluation of  the  quality  of  mammography  phantom
 4    images  produced  by  mammography  equipment.  The Department
 5    shall promulgate rules establishing procedures and acceptance
 6    standards for evaluating the quality of  mammography  phantom
 7    images.
 8        Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of
 9    1997  and  until  June  30,  2000, the fee for inspection and
10    testing shall be paid yearly at an annualized rate  based  on
11    the  classifications  and frequencies set forth in subsection
12    (f).  The annualized fee for inspection and testing shall  be
13    based  on  the rate of $55 per radiation machine for machines
14    located in dental offices and clinics  and  used  solely  for
15    dental  diagnosis,  located  in  veterinary  offices and used
16    solely for diagnosis, or located in offices  and  clinics  of
17    persons  licensed under the Podiatric Medical Practice Act of
18    1987 and shall be based on the  rate  of  $80  per  radiation
19    machine for all other radiation machines.  The Department may
20    adopt  rules detailing the annualized rate structure. For the
21    year beginning January 1, 2000, the annual fee for inspection
22    and testing of Class D radiation installations shall  be  $25
23    per  radiation machine.  The Department is authorized to bill
24    the fees listed in this paragraph as part of the  annual  fee
25    specified in Section 24.7 of this Act.
26        Beginning  July  1,  2000, the Department shall establish
27    the fees under Section 24.7 of this  Act  by  rule,  provided
28    that no increase of the fees shall take effect before January
29    1,  2001.  inspection  fees based on the type of facility and
30    equipment possessed by the registrant.  The Department  shall
31    bill  the  operator  for  the  appropriate  fee  as  soon  as
32    practical after the machine has been inspected and tested.
33        Fees  assessed  under  this  subsection  shall be due and
34    payable within 60 days of the date of billing.  If  after  60
 
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 1    days  the  fee  for  inspection  and testing is not paid, the
 2    Department may order the  operator  of  the  installation  to
 3    cease use of the machines for which the fee is outstanding or
 4    take  other  appropriate  enforcement  action  as provided in
 5    Section 36 of this Act.  Any order issued by  the  Department
 6    shall  afford  the  operator  a right to a hearing before the
 7    Department; however, a written request for  hearing  must  be
 8    served  on  the  Department  within  10 days of notice of the
 9    order.  If the operator fails to file a  timely  request  for
10    hearing  with the Department, the operator shall be deemed to
11    have waived the right to a hearing.
12        (b)  (Blank).  In lieu of inspections by the  Department,
13    an  operator of a radiation installation may elect to utilize
14    the services  of  a  nondepartment  qualified  inspector,  as
15    defined  in  subsection  (d),  to  inspect and test radiation
16    machines utilized therein.  Inspection  shall  be  personally
17    performed   by  the  nondepartment  qualified  inspector  and
18    inspection and testing results shall be documented  on  forms
19    provided  by  the  Department.    The nondepartment qualified
20    inspector shall certify on each radiation  inspection  report
21    submitted  to the Department that the nondepartment qualified
22    inspector personally performed the inspection  and  that  the
23    inspection  was  performed  in  accordance with the standards
24    established by the Department.  Beginning  on  the  effective
25    date  of this amendatory Act of 1997 and until June 30, 2000,
26    the fee for inspection review as described in this subsection
27    shall be paid yearly at  an  annualized  rate  based  on  the
28    classifications  and frequencies set forth in subsection (f).
29    The annualized inspection review fee shall be  based  on  the
30    rate  of $25 per radiation machine.  The Department may adopt
31    rules detailing the annualized rate structure.  On and  after
32    July  1,  2000,  the  Department  shall by rule establish the
33    inspection review fee. This inspection review fee  shall  not
34    apply   to   inspections   of  radiation  machines  used  for
 
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 1    mammography. Fees assessed under this subsection are due  and
 2    payable  within  60  days of the date of billing. If after 60
 3    days the inspection review fee is not  paid,  the  Department
 4    may  order  the  operator of the installation to cease use of
 5    the machines for which a fee is  outstanding  or  take  other
 6    appropriate  enforcement  action as provided in Section 36 of
 7    this Act.
 8        The inspection  and  testing  frequency  of  a  radiation
 9    installation  shall  be  based  on  the  installation's class
10    designation and associated radiation hazards as determined by
11    the Department.  For purposes  of  this  Section,  "operator"
12    means an individual, group of individuals, partnership, firm,
13    corporation,   or  association  conducting  the  business  or
14    activities carried on within a radiation installation.
15        (c)  (Blank). Every operator of a radiation  installation
16    shall  file an application for initial inspection and testing
17    in accordance with subsection (a) or (b) of this  Section  no
18    later  than  30  days  after  the  initial  installation of a
19    radiation machine. Radiation machines shall be inspected  and
20    tested   in  accordance  with  subsection  (a)  and  (b)  and
21    radiation  inspection  reports  shall  be  filed   with   the
22    Department   within   6   months   of  the  date  of  initial
23    installation. Thereafter,  applications  for  inspection  and
24    testing as well as the filing of radiation inspection reports
25    shall  be  made  periodically  in  accordance with a schedule
26    promulgated by the Department.
27        (d)  (Blank). Each individual who conducts inspections as
28    a nondepartment qualified inspector  pursuant  to  subsection
29    (b)   above   shall   register   with  the  Department  as  a
30    nondepartment   qualified   inspector.     Application    for
31    registration  as a nondepartment qualified inspector shall be
32    made on a form prescribed by  the  Department  and  shall  be
33    accompanied   by   the   appropriate  application  fee.   The
34    Department shall approve  the  application  and  register  an
 
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 1    individual  as  a  nondepartment  qualified  inspector if the
 2    individual  satisfies  the  criteria   established   by   the
 3    Department.  The  Department shall establish such criteria by
 4    regulation.  The  Department  shall  suspend  or  revoke  the
 5    registration of any  nondepartment  qualified  inspector  who
 6    fails  to  pay  the  registration  fee,  who fails to conduct
 7    inspections in accordance with the standards  established  by
 8    the   Department,   or   who  intentionally  submits  to  the
 9    Department  an  inspection  report  that  contains  false  or
10    misleading information.
11        (e)  (Blank).    The   Department   shall   assess    all
12    nondepartment  qualified  inspectors  an  annual registration
13    fee. The  Department  shall  establish  by  rule  the  annual
14    registration  fee which shall be payable by January 1 of each
15    year.  The Department shall assess all individuals filing  to
16    become  a  nondepartment  inspector  an application fee which
17    will serve as a registration fee for  the  remainder  of  the
18    calendar  year.   The  Department shall by rule establish the
19    application fee.  Registration and application fees  are  not
20    refundable.
21        (f)  For    purposes    of    this   Section,   radiation
22    installations shall be defined as any  location  or  facility
23    where radiation machines are used and shall be divided into 4
24     3 classes:
25             Class  A  -  Class  A  shall  include  all radiation
26        machines located in dental offices and veterinary offices
27        with radiation  machines  clinics  and  used  solely  for
28        dental  diagnosis  or  located  in veterinary offices and
29        used solely for diagnosis  and  all  installations  using
30        commercially             manufactured             cabinet
31        radiographic/fluoroscopic  radiation  machines. Operators
32        of Class  A  installations  shall  have  their  radiation
33        machines  inspected  and  tested  every  5  years  by the
34        Department in accordance  with  Departmental  regulations
 
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 1        and  radiation  inspection  reports  shall  be  filed  in
 2        accordance   with   subsection  (c).  Fees  shall  be  in
 3        accordance with subsection (a) or (b) of this Section.
 4             Class B  -  Class  B  shall  include  all  radiation
 5        machines,   other   than  machines  used  for  performing
 6        mammography, located in offices  or  clinics  of  persons
 7        licensed  under  the  Medical Practice Act of 1987 or, or
 8        under the Podiatric Medical Practice  Act  of  1987  with
 9        radiation machines, and used solely for diagnosis and all
10        installations   using  spectroscopy  radiation  machines,
11        noncommercially           manufactured            cabinet
12        radiographic/fluoroscopic  radiation  machines,  portable
13        radiographic/fluoroscopic        units,       non-cabinet
14        baggage/package  fluoroscopic  radiation   machines   and
15        electronic   beam   welders.   Operators   of   Class   B
16        installations   shall   have   their  radiation  machines
17        inspected and tested every 2 years by the  Department  in
18        accordance  with  Departmental  regulations and radiation
19        inspection reports shall  be  filed  in  accordance  with
20        subsection   (c).   Fees  shall  be  in  accordance  with
21        subsection (a) or (b) of this Section.
22             Class C  -  Class  C  shall  include  all  radiation
23        machines  which are not classified as Class A or Class B.
24        Class C shall include but not  be  limited  to  radiation
25        machines    located    in   hospitals   and   educational
26        institutions, all radiation machines used for  performing
27        mammography  procedures,  therapy,  and all installations
28        using diffraction radiation  machines,  open  radiography
29        radiation   machines,   closed  radiographic/fluoroscopic
30        radiation machines and radiation machines used as gauges.
31        Test  booths,  bays,  or  rooms  used  by  manufacturing,
32        assembly  or  repair  facilities  for  testing  radiation
33        machines  shall  be  categorized  as  Class  C  radiation
34        installations. Operators of Class C  installations  shall
 
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 1        have   their  radiation  machines  inspected  and  tested
 2        annually   by   the   Department   in   accordance   with
 3        Departmental regulations and radiation inspection reports
 4        shall be filed in accordance with  subsection  (c).  Fees
 5        shall be in accordance with subsection (a) or (b) of this
 6        Section.
 7             Class  D  -  Class D shall include all hospitals and
 8        all  other   facilities   using   mammography,   computed
 9        tomography  (CT), or therapeutic radiation machines. Each
10        operator of a  Class  D  installation  shall  maintain  a
11        comprehensive    radiation    protection   program.   The
12        individual or individuals  responsible  for  implementing
13        this  program  shall  register  with  the  Department  in
14        accordance  with  Section 25.1.  As part of this program,
15        the registered individual or individuals shall conduct an
16        annual performance evaluation of all  radiation  machines
17        and   oversee  the  equipment-related  quality  assurance
18        practices  within  the  installation.    The   registered
19        individual  or  individuals  shall determine and document
20        whether the installation's radiation machines  are  being
21        maintained  and  operated  in  accordance  with standards
22        promulgated by  the  Department.   Class  D  installation
23        shall be inspected annually by the Department.
24        (f-1)  Radiation  installations  for  which more than one
25    class is applicable  shall  be  assigned  the  classification
26    requiring the most frequent inspection and testing.
27        (f-2)  Radiation installations not classified as Class A,
28    B,  C,  or  D  shall  be  inspected  according to frequencies
29    established by  the  Department  based  upon  the  associated
30    radiation hazards, as determined by the Department.
31        (g)  The  Department is authorized to maintain a facility
32    for  the  purpose  of  calibrating  radiation  detection  and
33    measurement   instruments   in   accordance   with   national
34    standards.  The  Department  may  make  calibration  services
 
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 1    available to public or private entities within or outside  of
 2    Illinois and may assess a reasonable fee for such services.
 3    (Source: P.A. 89-199, eff. 7-21-95; 90-391, eff. 8-15-97.)

 4        (420 ILCS 40/25.1 new)
 5        Sec.  25.1.   Beginning  January 1, 2000, each individual
 6    responsible  for  implementing  a   comprehensive   radiation
 7    protection program for Class D installations, as described in
 8    Section 25(f) of this Act, shall be required to register with
 9    the  Department.   Application for registration shall be made
10    on  a  form  prescribed  by  the  Department  and  shall   be
11    accompanied  by the required application fee.  The Department
12    shall approve the application and register an  individual  if
13    the  individual satisfies criteria established by rule of the
14    Department.    The   Department   shall   assess   registered
15    individuals an annual registration fee.  The Department shall
16    establish by rule application  and  registration  fees.   The
17    application and registration fees shall not be refundable.

18        (420 ILCS 40/27) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 210-27)
19        Sec.  27.  The  Department  is  authorized shall have the
20    power to enter at all reasonable times upon  any  private  or
21    public property for the purpose of determining whether or not
22    there  is  compliance  with or violation of the provisions of
23    this Act and rules and regulations  issued  thereunder.   The
24    Department  may inspect and investigate premises, operations,
25    and personnel and have access to and  copy  records  for  the
26    purpose of evaluating past, current, and potential hazards to
27    the public health, workers, or the environment resulting from
28    radiation.   Entry,  except  that  entry into areas under the
29    jurisdiction of the Federal Government shall be effected only
30    with the concurrence of the Federal Government  or  its  duly
31    designated representative.
32    (Source: P.A. 86-1341.)
 
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 1        (420 ILCS 40/36) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 210-36)
 2        Sec.   36.  Order  for  violation  abatement  and  public
 3    hearing. Whenever the Department believes upon inspection and
 4    examination of a radiation installation or a radiation source
 5    as constructed, operated or maintained that there has been  a
 6    violation  of  any of the provisions of this Act or any rules
 7    or regulations promulgated under  this  Act,  the  Department
 8    may:
 9             (1)  order the discontinuance of such violation;
10             (2)  suspend  or  revoke  a  license or registration
11        issued by the Department  previously  for  the  radiation
12        source or the radiation installation or its operator;
13             (3)  impose  a  civil penalty, not to exceed $10,000
14        for such  violation,  provided  each  day  the  violation
15        continues shall constitute a separate offense;
16             (4)  order  the  decontamination  of any property or
17        structure which has been contaminated as a result of such
18        violation;
19             (5)  restrict access to any property which has  been
20        contaminated as a result of such violation; or
21             (6)  impound, order the impounding of, or confiscate
22        radiation sources possessed by operators or other persons
23        engaging  in  such  violation  and order the owner of the
24        radiation sources to reimburse  the  Department  for  any
25        costs  incurred by the Department in conjunction with the
26        transfer, storage, treatment or disposal of the radiation
27        sources.
28        The Department shall also have the authority to take  any
29    of  the  actions  specified  in paragraphs (4), (5) or (6) of
30    this Section if a  licensee  seeks  to  terminate  a  license
31    issued by the Department pursuant to this Act or to otherwise
32    abandon a radiation installation.
33        Any  such  actions  by  the  Department shall be based on
34    standards  and  procedures  established  by  rules   of   the
 
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 1    Department.   Under  such  rules,  the Department may provide
 2    that all or a portion of the cost of such actions be assessed
 3    to operators of  radiation  installations  or  other  persons
 4    responsible for the violation or contamination.
 5        The civil penalties and costs assessed under this Section
 6    shall  be recoverable in an action brought in the name of the
 7    people of the State of Illinois by the Attorney General.
 8        In any order issued to  an  offending  party  under  this
 9    Section,  the  Department  shall  include  a  summary  of its
10    findings which give evidence  of  the  violation.  Any  party
11    affected  by  an order of the Department shall have the right
12    to a  hearing  before  the  Department;  however,  a  written
13    request  for such a hearing shall be served on the Department
14    within 10 days of notice of such order.  In  the  absence  of
15    receipt  of a request for hearing the affected party shall be
16    deemed to have waived his right to a hearing.
17        No order of the Department  issued  under  this  Section,
18    except  an  order issued pursuant to Section 38 herein, shall
19    take effect until the Department shall find  upon  conclusion
20    of  such  hearing that a condition exists which constitutes a
21    violation of any provision of this Act or any code,  rule  or
22    regulation  promulgated  under  this  Act except in the event
23    that the right to public hearing is waived as provided herein
24    in which case the order shall take effect immediately.
25    (Source: P.A. 86-1341; 87-604; 87-1024.)

26        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
27    becoming law.

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