New Hampshire Revised Statutes 125-F:2 – Purpose
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The purpose of this chapter is to effectuate the policy set forth in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 125-F:1 by providing:
I. A program of effective regulation of sources of radiation to protect the occupational and public health and safety.
II. A program to promote an orderly regulatory pattern within the state, among the states, and between the federal government and the state, to facilitate intergovernmental cooperation with respect to use and regulation of sources of radiation and to avoid duplication of regulation.
III. A program to establish procedures for assumption and performance of certain regulatory responsibilities with respect to naturally occurring, artificially produced, byproduct, source, and special nuclear materials and radiation equipment.
IV. A program to permit utilization of sources of radiation consistent with the health and safety of the public.
I. A program of effective regulation of sources of radiation to protect the occupational and public health and safety.
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 125-F:2
- Program: means the radiological health program of the department of health and human services. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 125-F:3
- Radiation: means ionizing radiation and nonionizing radiation:
(a) "Ionizing radiation" means gamma rays and x-rays, alpha and beta particles, high speed electrons, neutrons, protons, and other nuclear particles, but not sound or radio waves or visible, infrared or ultraviolet light;
(b) "Nonionizing radiation" means:
(1) Any electromagnetic radiation other than ionizing radiation which the program determines by rule to present a biological hazard to the occupational or public health and safety; and
(2) Any sonic, ultrasonic, or infrasonic wave which the program determines by rule to present a biological hazard to the occupational or public health or safety. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 125-F:3 - Radiation equipment: means any manufactured product or device, the component part of such product or device, or any machine or system which during operation is able to generate or emit radiation, except those which emit radiation only from radioactive material. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 125-F:3
- state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
II. A program to promote an orderly regulatory pattern within the state, among the states, and between the federal government and the state, to facilitate intergovernmental cooperation with respect to use and regulation of sources of radiation and to avoid duplication of regulation.
III. A program to establish procedures for assumption and performance of certain regulatory responsibilities with respect to naturally occurring, artificially produced, byproduct, source, and special nuclear materials and radiation equipment.
IV. A program to permit utilization of sources of radiation consistent with the health and safety of the public.