Code of Massachusetts Regulations
105 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Title 105 CMR 120.000 - The Control of Radiation
REPORTS
Section 120.771 - Purpose and Scope

(A) 105 CMR 120.770 establishes requirements for packaging, preparation for shipment, and transportation of licensed material.

(B) The packaging and transport of licensed material are also subject to other sections of 105 CMR 120.000 and to the regulations of other agencies (such as the United States Department of Transportation, the United States Postal Service and the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission) having jurisdiction over means of transport. The requirements of 105 CMR 120.770 are in addition to, and not in substitution for, other requirements

(C) 105 CMR 120.770 applies to any licensee authorized by specific or general license issued by the Agency to receive, possess, use, or transfer licensed material, if the licensee delivers that material to a carrier for transport, transports the material outside the site of usage as specified in the Agency license, or transports that material on public highways. No provision of 105 CMR 120.770 authorizes possession of licensed material.

(D) Exemptions from the requirement for license in 105 CMR 120.773 are specified in 105 CMR 120.775. General licenses for which no NRC package approval is required are issued in 105 CMR 120.780 through 120.782. The general license in 105 CMR 120.777 requires that an NRC certificate of compliance or other package approval be issued for the package to be used under this general license. The transport of licensed material or delivery of licensed material to a carrier for transport is subject to the operating control and procedures requirements of 105 CMR 120.784 through 120.790, to the quality assurance requirements of 105 CMR 120.791 through 120.797, and to the general provisions of 105 CMR 120.771 through 120.774, including referenced United States Department of Transportation regulations.

(E) 105 CMR 120.770 applies to any person required to obtaina certificate of compliance or an approved compliance plan from the NRC pursuant to 10 CFR 76 if the person delivers radioactive material to a common or contract carrier for transport or transports the material outside the confines of the person's plant or other authorized place of use.