§ 32.1-227 Definitions.
§ 32.1-228 Exemption.
§ 32.1-228.1 Department designated state radiation control agency; powers and duties.
§ 32.1-229 Powers and duties of the Board.
§ 32.1-229.01 Companies listed as proficient to perform radon screening, testing, or mitigation; compliance.
§ 32.1-229.01:1 Action for damages.
§ 32.1-229.1 Inspections of X-ray machines required; Radiation Inspection Reports; fees; qualification of inspectors.
§ 32.1-229.2 Costs of inspection conducted by Health Department; fees to be used to support program.
§ 32.1-229.3 Licensing of radioactive material.
§ 32.1-230 Further powers of Board.
§ 32.1-231 Bonds of licensees.
§ 32.1-232 Radioactive Material Perpetual Care Trust Fund.
§ 32.1-232.1 Special Trust Fund for Radioactive Materials Facility Licensure and Inspection created.
§ 32.1-233 Radiation Advisory Board; composition; duties generally.
§ 32.1-234 Repealed.
§ 32.1-234.1 Enforcement.
§ 32.1-235 Authority of Governor to enter into agreements with federal government; effect on federal licenses.
§ 32.1-236 Authority of Board to enter into agreements with federal government, other states or interstate agencies; training programs for personnel.
§ 32.1-237 Effect upon local ordinances, etc.
§ 32.1-238 Impounding sources of ionizing radiation.
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Terms Used In Virginia Code > Title 32.1 > Chapter 6 > Article 8 - Radiation Control.

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Department: means the State Department of Health. See Virginia Code 32.1-3
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • Ex officio: means service by virtue of one's office and includes voting privileges for ex officio members unless otherwise provided. See Virginia Code 1-215
  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Ionizing radiation: means gamma rays and X-rays, alpha and beta particles, high-speed electrons, neutrons, protons, and other nuclear particles. See Virginia Code 32.1-227
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: means any individual, corporation, partnership, firm, association, trust, estate, public or private institution, group, department of the Commonwealth other than the Department of Health, political subdivision of the Commonwealth, any other state or political subdivision or department thereof, and any legal successor, representative, agent, or department of the foregoing, but not including federal government agencies. See Virginia Code 32.1-227
  • Process: includes subpoenas, the summons and complaint in a civil action, and process in statutory actions. See Virginia Code 1-237
  • Radioactive material: means any material that emits ionizing radiation spontaneously. See Virginia Code 32.1-227
  • Source material: means uranium or thorium, or any combination thereof, in any physical or chemical form; or ores that contain by weight one-twentieth of one percent (0. See Virginia Code 32.1-227
  • Special nuclear material: means (i) plutonium, uranium 233, uranium enriched in the isotope 233 or in the isotope 235, and any other material which the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission or any successor thereto has determined to be such but does not include source material; or (ii) any material artificially enriched by any of the foregoing but not including source material. See Virginia Code 32.1-227