New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 28 - RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMS
Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 7:28-1.1 - Purpose and scope
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024
(a) The purpose of this chapter is to prohibit and prevent the use or presence of unnecessary radiation in such manner as to be, or tend to be, injurious or dangerous to the health of the people or the industrial or agriculture potentials of the State, or to the ecology of the State and its wildlife.
(b) This chapter applies to all persons and persons licensed or registered by the Department to receive, possess, use, transfer, install, handle, transport, store, or dispose of ionizing radiation producing machines, non-ionizing radiation producing sources, diffuse technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive materials, diffuse accelerator-produced radioactive materials, by-product, source, or certain special nuclear material or to operate a production or utilization facility under N.J.A.C. 7:28-51 through 60. The limits in this chapter do not apply to doses due to background radiation, to exposure of patients to radiation for the purpose of medical diagnosis or therapy, to exposure from individuals administered radioactive material and released under 7:28-55.1, or to exposure from voluntary participation in medical research programs.
(c) The rules in this chapter establish standards for protection against ionizing radiation resulting from activities conducted under registrations or licenses issued by the Department.
(d) It is the purpose of the rules in this chapter to control the receipt, possession, use, transfer, and disposal of licensed material, ionizing radiation producing machines, or non-ionizing radiation producing sources by any licensee or registrant in such a manner that the total dose or exposure to an individual (including doses resulting from licensed and unlicensed radioactive material and from radiation sources other than background radiation) does not exceed the standards for protection against radiation prescribed in the rules in this chapter. However, nothing in this chapter shall be construed as limiting actions that may be necessary to protect health and safety.
