Code of Massachusetts Regulations
105 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Title 105 CMR 124.000 - Provision Of Thyroid Blocking Agents
Section 124.002 - Definitions

As used in 105 CMR 124.000, the following terms shall have the following meanings unless the context otherwise requires:

Cape Ann: means the cities or towns of Essex, Rockport, Gloucester and Manchester.

Cape Cod: means the cities or towns of Barnstable, Bourne, Brewster, Chatham, Dennis, Eastham, Falmouth, Harwich, Mashpee, Orleans, Provincetown, Sandwich, Truro, Well fleet and Yarmouth.

Department: means the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.

Electric Company: means persons, firms, associations and private corporations which own or operate works or distribute electricity in the commonwealth. The term "electric company" does not include municipalities or municipal light plants.

Emergency Planning Zone: means the area within a ten mile radius of a nuclear power generating station, as defined in the Massachusetts Radiological Emergency Response Plan.

Islands: means Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket.

KI: means the chemical symbol for potassium iodide, a commercially available thyroid blocking agent.