As used in the Radiation Protection Act: A. "board" means the environmental improvement board; B. "agency" or "division" means the environmental protection division of the department of environment; C. "council" means the radiation technical advisory council; D. "radiation" includes particulate and electromagnetic radiation and ultrasound, but does not include audible sound; E. "radioactive material" includes any materials or sources, regardless of chemical or physical state, that emit radiation; F. "radiation equipment" means any device that is capable of producing radiation; G. "agreement state" means any state with which the nuclear regulatory commission has entered into an agreement under Section 274(b) of the federal Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended; H. "person" means any individual, partnership, firm, public or private corporation, association, trust, estate, political subdivision or agency, or any other legal entity or its legal representatives, agents or assigns; I. "continued care fund" means the radiation protection continued care fund; J. "director" means the director of the division; K. "nuclear regulatory commission" means the United States nuclear regulatory commission; and L. "secretary" means the secretary of environment. History: Laws 1959, ch. 185, § 1; 1953 Comp., § 12-9-1; Laws 1971, ch. 277, § 17; reenacted as 1953 Comp., § 12-9-4 by Laws 1971, ch. 284, § 4; 1977, ch. 253, § 33; 1977, ch. 343, § 4; 2003, ch. 297, § 2. Repeals and reenactments. — Laws 1971, ch. 284, § 4, repealed former 12-9-4, 1953 Comp., relating to promulgation of radiation regulations, and enacted a new 74-3-4 NMSA 1978. Cross references. — For exemption of environmental improvement board from authority of secretary of environment, see 9-7A-12 NMSA 1978. For § 274(b) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, see 42 U.S.C. § 2021(b). For the United States nuclear regulatory commission, see 42 U.S.C. § 5841. The 2003 amendment, effective July 1, 2003, rewrote Subsection B; in Subsection G, deleted "or its successor" following "nuclear regulatory commission" near the middle and inserted "federal" preceding "Atomic Energy Act" near the end; substituted "division" for "environmental improvement agency and" at the end of Subsection J; in Subsection K, deleted "the United States atomic energy commission" preceding "the United States" near the middle and deleted "or its successor" near the end; and added Subsection L.
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