Nev. Admin. Code § 459.152 - Exemptions from requirements

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, electronic equipment that produces radiation incidental to its operation for other purposes is exempt from the requirements of registration and notification in NAC 459.150 to 459.166, inclusive, if the dose equivalent rate, averaged over an area of 10 square centimeters, does not exceed 0.5 mrem per hour at 5 cm from any accessible surface of the equipment. The production, testing or factory servicing of the equipment is not exempt.

2. Radiation machines which:

(a) Are in transit or in storage incident to transportation; or

(b) Have been previously registered and are disassembled or in storage, are exempt from the requirements of NAC 459.150 to 459.166, inclusive.

3. Domestic television receivers are exempt from the requirements of NAC 459.150 to 459.166, inclusive.

4. For the purposes of subsection 2, a radiation machine is considered to be:

(a) In storage if it is safely stored in an inoperable status, with no supplied power

(b) Disassembled if it is rendered inoperable by means of physical disassembly of the machine components and structure.

5. An operational radiation machine which is not in service for the purpose for which the radiation machine was registered is exempt from the requirements of NAC 459.150 to 459.166, inclusive, which are applicable to electronic equipment.

6. Nothing in this section exempts a person from the licensing requirements of NAC 459.010 to 459.950, inclusive, and sections 4 to 28, inclusive and chapter 459 of NRS applicable to the possession and use of radioactive materials.

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Nev. Admin. Code § 459.152

Bd. of Health, Radiation Control Reg. §§ 2.2-2.2.3, eff. 2-28-80-NAC A 4-27-84; A by R144-13A, eff. 10/13/2016

NRS 459.201