Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health
Part 21 - Division of Radiological Health
Subpart 78 - Radiological Health
Chapter 1 - REGULATIONS FOR CONTROL OF RADIATION IN MISSISSIPPI
Subchapter 13 - Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Materials
Rule 15-21-78-1.13.1 - Purpose
Current through September 24, 2024
This Regulation adopts by reference the current revision of the following sections in Title 10 code of Federal Regulations Part 71: 71.0, 71.3, 71.4, 71.5, 71.7, 71.8, 71.9, 71.10, 71.12, 71.13, 71.14, 71.15, 71.17, 71.21, 71.22, 71.23, 71.47, 71.81, 71.83, 71.85, 71.87, 71.88, 71.89, 71.91, 71.93, 71.95, 71.97, 71.101, 71.103, 71.105, 71.106, 71.127, 71.129, 71.131, 71.133, 71.135, and 71.137 and Appendix A to Part 71, with the following exceptions:
1. Not adopted by reference are Title 10 Code of Federal Regulations 71.0(d), 71.14(b), 71.85(a), (b), and (c), 71.91(b), and 71.101(c)(2), (d), and (e).
2. The terms "certificate of compliance", "certificate holder", and "applicant" in the provisions of Title 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 71 are used only in relation to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is the sole authority for approving and issuing a Part 71 package Certificate of Compliance.
3. Requirements in Title 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 71 that apply to "licensed material" or "byproduct material" also apply to naturally occurring or accelerator-produced radioactive material.
4. Where the words "NRC", "commission", "nuclear regulatory commission", "United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission", or "administrator of the appropriate regional office" appear in Title 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 71, substitute the words "Mississippi State Department of Health" except when used in Title 10 Code of Federal Regulations 71.5(b), 71.10, 71.17 (c)(3), and (e), 71.85(c), 71.88(a)(4), 71.93(c), 71.95, and 71.97(c), (c)(3)(iii), and (f).
5. Title 10 Code of Federal Regulations 71.9 employee protection also applies to violations of Mississippi State Department of Health Regulations for Control of Radiation in Mississippi Subchapter 10.
6. Mississippi State Department of Health form number 935, "notice to employees", must be posted instead of NRC form 3 that is specified in Title 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 71.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-14-11
