(1) The department may enter at all reasonable times upon private or public property upon which sources of ionizing radiation are reasonably believed to be located, with the permission of the owner or custodian thereof, to determine if there is compliance with or violation of this part or a rule or license.
    (2) If the department has reasonable or probable cause to believe that a violation of this part or a rule or license is being committed on private or public property or that there exists on the property evidence of a violation, and permission to enter thereon is denied by the owner or custodian thereof, the department may apply to the proper judicial officer under Act No. 189 of the Public Acts of 1966, being section 780.651 to 780.659 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, for a warrant commanding the sheriff or a law enforcement officer, with the aid of the department, to search the property and seize any source of ionizing radiation that is possessed, controlled, or used wholly or partially in violation of this part or a rule or license, or any evidence of a violation of this part or a rule or license.

Terms Used In Michigan Laws 333.13517

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Ionizing radiation: means gamma rays and x-rays, alpha particles, beta particles, high speed electrons, neutrons, protons, high speed ions, and other high speed nuclear particles. See Michigan Laws 333.13501
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
  • Source of ionizing radiation: means a device or material that emits ionizing radiation. See Michigan Laws 333.13501