Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 52, December 29, 2023
a) For purposes of
registration pursuant to this Part, the phrase "radiation installation" shall
mean any location or facility where radiation machines are located.
b) Installation Registration
1) Any operator of a radiation installation
shall register that radiation installation with the Illinois Emergency
Management Agency (Agency). The operator shall register the installation,
before the installation is placed in operation, on a form prescribed by the
Agency that shall include:
A) The operator's
name;
B) The location and confines
of the radiation installation; and
C) The type, manufacturer, model, serial
number and room location of radiation machines possessed.
2) Radiation machines that are located in a
single building or in a group of buildings that are contiguous to one another,
and used by the same operator, shall be treated as a single radiation
installation unless requested otherwise in writing by the operator and approved
by the Agency.
c)
Installation Classifications
Radiation installations shall be divided into the following 4
classes:
1) Class A - Class A shall
include dental offices and veterinary offices with radiation machines used
solely for diagnosis, all installations using commercially manufactured cabinet
radiographic/fluoroscopic radiation machines with interlocked doors and
shielded sufficiently to meet the requirements of 32 Ill. Adm. Code
340.310(a)
and radiation machines used as gauges.
2) Class B - Class B shall include offices or
clinics of persons licensed under the Medical Practice Act of 1987 [225 ILCS 60
] or the Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987 [225 ILCS 100 ] with radiation
machines used solely for diagnosis and all installations using spectroscopy
radiation machines, noncommercially manufactured cabinet
radiographic/fluoroscopic radiation machines, portable
radiographic/fluoroscopic units, diffraction radiation machines, non-cabinet
baggage/package fluoroscopic radiation machines and electronic beam welders.
Test booths, bays, or rooms used by manufacturing, assembly or repair
facilities for testing radiation machines shall be categorized as Class B
radiation installations.
3) Class C
- Class C shall include installations using open radiography radiation machines
and closed radiographic/fluoroscopic radiation machines.
4) Class D - Class D shall include all
hospitals and other facilities using mammography, computed tomography (CT), or
therapeutic radiation machines.
5)
Radiation installations for which more than one class is applicable shall be
assigned a classification based on the radiation machines' use and associated
radiation hazard.
d)
Machine Registration
1) Every operator of a
radiation installation shall register radiation machines annually on a form
prescribed by the Agency.
2) An
annual registration fee for each machine possessed on January 1 of each year
shall be submitted with the registration form. This fee, based on the type of
facility and radiation machines possessed, is listed in this subsection (d)(2)
as follows:
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Facility Type
|
Fee Per Radiation Machine
|
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Class A - Dental and veterinary offices.
|
$50
|
|
Class A - X-ray gauges and installations only using
commercially manufactured cabinet radiation machines with interlocked doors and
shielded sufficiently to meet the requirements of 32 Ill. Adm. Code
340.310(a).
|
$75
|
|
Class B - Offices or clinics of persons licensed under
the Medical Practice Act, and all installations using portable radiographic/
fluoroscopic units.
|
$175
|
|
Class B - Podiatric offices.
|
$100
|
|
Class B - All installations using spectroscopy,
non-commercially manufactured cabinet units, non-cabinet baggage/package units,
diffraction radiation machines and/or electron beam welders. Also,
installations with test booths, bays or rooms used by manufacturing, assembly
or repair facilities for testing radiation machines.
|
$175
|
|
Class C - Installations using open or closed
radiography machines.
|
$250
|
|
Class D - All hospitals and other facilities using
mammography, computed tomography (CT), or therapeutic radiation
machines.
|
$100
|
3) The
Agency shall bill the operator for the registration fee as soon as practical
after January 1. The registration fee shall be due and payable within 60 days
after the date of billing. If after 60 days the registration fee is not paid,
the Agency may issue an order directing the operator of the installation to
cease use of all radiation machines or take other appropriate enforcement
action as provided in Section 36 of the Act. Fees collected under this Section
are not refundable. [420
ILCS 40/24.7 ]
e) All radiation installations are subject to
inspection at all times. The frequency of inspections is based on the
associated radiation hazards located at the installation. Class A installations
should expect to be inspected approximately once every 5 years. Class B should
expect to be inspected approximately once every 2 years. Class C and D
installations should expect to be inspected approximately once
annually.
Amended at 36 Ill. Reg. 17376, effective November 30,
2012
