Montana Code 50-79-104. Exemptions — sources, diagnosis, and therapy
50-79-104. Exemptions — sources, diagnosis, and therapy. (1) This chapter does not apply to the following sources or conditions:
Terms Used In Montana Code 50-79-104
- Person: means an individual, corporation, partnership, firm, association, trust, estate, public or private institution, group, agency, political subdivision or agency of a political subdivision, and any legal successor, representative, agent, or agency of the foregoing, other than the United States nuclear regulatory commission, any successor, or federal agencies licensed by the nuclear regulatory commission. See Montana Code 50-79-103
- Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Montana Code 1-1-202
(a)electrical equipment that is not intended primarily to produce radiation and that, by nature of design, does not produce radiation at the point of nearest approach at a weekly rate higher than one-tenth the appropriate limit for any critical organ exposed. The production testing or production servicing of such equipment is not exempt.
(b)radiation machines during process of manufacture or in storage or transit;
(c)any radioactive material while being transported in conformity with regulations adopted by the nuclear regulatory commission or any successor thereto or the interstate commerce commission and specifically applicable to the transportation of such radioactive materials.
(2)No exemptions under this section are granted for those quantities or types of activities that do not comply with the established rules promulgated by the nuclear regulatory commission or by any successor thereto.
(3)The provisions of this chapter may not be construed to limit the kind or amount of radiation that may be intentionally applied to a person for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes by or under the direction of a licensed practitioner of the healing arts.