§ 216.1. Purpose and scope.
(a) This chapter establishes requirements for the registration of radiation-producing machines and radiation-producing machine service providers. A person who possesses a radiation-producing machine or provides services described in this chapter shall comply with this chapter.
(b) A person possessing an accelerator as defined in § 228.2 (relating to definitions) or a person performing electronic brachytherapy as defined in § 221.2 (relating to definitions) is exempt from the requirements of § 216.2 (relating to registration of radiation-producing machines).
(1) Accelerators are licensed under Chapter 228 (relating to radiation safety requirements for particle accelerators).
(2) Electronic brachytherapy operations are licensed under Chapter 221 (relating to X-rays in the healing arts) and must comply with § § 221.71—221.76 (relating to therapeutic X-ray systems with energies less than 1 MeV).
(c) License fees are specified in § 218.11(d) (relating to registration, renewal of registration and license fees).
Authority The provisions of this § 216.1 amended under sections 301 and 302 of the Radiation Protection Act (35 P.S. § § 7110.301 and 7110.302); and section 1920-A of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P.S. § 510-20).
Source The provisions of this § 216.1 adopted December 18, 1987, effective December 19, 1987, 17 Pa.B. 5235; amended July 16, 2004, effective July 17, 2004, 34 Pa.B. 3823; amended October 26, 2018, effective January 24, 2019, 48 Pa.B. 6791. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (304417) to (304418).
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