136C.1 - DEFINITIONS.
136C.1 DEFINITIONS.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Decommissioning" means final operational activities at a
site to dismantle site structures, to decontaminate site surfaces and
remaining structures, to stabilize and contain residual radioactive
material, and to carry out any other activities to prepare the site
for postoperational care.
2. "Department" means the Iowa department of public health.
3. "Director" means the director of public health or the
director's designee.
4. "Licensed professional" means a person licensed or
otherwise authorized by law to practice medicine, osteopathic
medicine, podiatry, chiropractic, dentistry, dental hygiene, or
veterinary medicine.
5. "Radiation" means energy forms capable of causing
ionization including alpha particles, beta particles, gamma rays, X
rays, neutrons, high-speed protons, and other atomic particles, but
does not include sound or radio waves, or visible light, or infrared
or ultraviolet light.
6. "Radiation machine" means a device capable of producing
radiation except those that produce radiation solely from radioactive
material.
7. "Radioactive material" means a solid, liquid, or gaseous
material that emits radiation spontaneously including
accelerator-produced and naturally occurring material, and byproduct,
source, and special nuclear material as defined in the Atomic Energy
Act of 1954 as amended to July 1, 1984. Section History: Early Form
[C79, 81, § 136C.1] Section History: Recent Form
84 Acts, ch 1286, § 10; 2009 Acts, ch 133, §37
Referred to in § 455B.315