Missouri Laws 192.760 – Definitions
As used in sections 192.760 and 192.762 and sections 208.175 and 208.176, the following terms mean:
(1) “General license”, a license, effective pursuant to rules promulgated by the department of health and senior services, without the filing of an application, to transfer, acquire, own, possess, or use quantities of, or devices or equipment utilizing, radioactive material;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 192.760
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- 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: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
(2) “Ionizing radiation”, gamma rays and X rays, alpha particles, beta particles, high-speed electrons, neutrons, protons, high-speed ions and other high-speed nuclear particles;
(3) “Mammography”, radiography of the breast for the purpose of enabling a physician to determine the presence, size, location and extent of cancerous or potentially cancerous tissue in the breast;
(4) “Mammography authorization”, authorization under section 208.176 to use a radiation machine for mammography;
(5) “Mammography system”, the radiation machine used for mammography; automatic exposure control devices; films, screens, and cassettes; image processor; darkroom; and view boxes;
(6) “Person”, any person, firm, partnership, limited partnership, corporation, association, institution, political subdivision or other organization;
(7) “Radiation machine”, a machine, other than those exempted by department rule, that emits ionizing radiation;
(8) “Radiation physicist”, a person who is certified by the American Board of Radiology in radiological physics or one of the specialties of radiological physics;
(9) “Radioactive material”, a solid, liquid, or gas which emits ionizing radiation spontaneously;
(10) “Radiography”, the making of a film or other record of an internal structure of the body by passing X rays or gamma rays through the body to act on film or other image receptor;
(11) “Registration”, registration of a source of ionizing radiation in writing with the department of health and senior services;
(12) “Source of ionizing radiation”, a device or material that emits ionizing radiation;
(13) “Specific license”, a license issued to use, manufacture, produce, transfer, receive, acquire, own, or possess quantities of, or devices or equipment utilizing, radioactive material.