Section 30180.2 - Certain Items Containing Radioactive Material(a) A person who possesses or transfers a timepiece, or a component thereof, which is described as follows is exempt from the requirements for a license specified in section 30190 and sections 30191 through 30237, and from Group 3 of this subchapter, notwithstanding the fact that the timepiece or component contains radioactive material:(1) The timepieces or its component hands or dials contains tritium which does not exceed: (A) 25 millicuries of tritium per timepiece;(B) Five millicuries of tritium per hand;(C) 15 millicuries of tritium per dial (bezels when used shall be considered as part of the dial).(2) The timepiece, or its component hands or dials, contains promethium 147 which does not exceed: (A) 100 microcuries per watch or 200 microcuries per any other timepiece;(B) 20 microcuries per watch hand or 40 microcuries per other timepiece hand;(C) 60 microcuries per watch dial or 120 microcuries per other timepiece dial (bezels when used shall be considered as part of the dial).(3) The hands or dials of the timepiece contain promethium 147 which, when measured through 50 milligrams per square centimeter of absorber, does not exceed: (A) 0.1 millirad per hour at 10 centimeters from any surface for wrist watches;(B) 0.1 millirad per hour at one centimeter from any surface for pocket watches; and(C) 0.2 millirad per hour at 10 centimeters from any surface for any other timepiece.(4) An intact timepiece manufactured prior to November 30, 2007 containing radium-226 which does not exceed one microcurie.(b) A person who possesses or transfers a device described as follows, or who possesses such a device received or acquired before December 30, 2014, under the general license then provided in section 30192, is exempt from the requirements for a license specified in section 30190 and sections 30191 through 30237, and from Group 3 of this subchapter:(1) Static elimination devices containing not more than 500 microcuries of polonium-210 per device;(2) Ion generating tubes designed for ionization of air containing not more than 500 microcuries of polonium-210 per device or not more than 50 millicuries of hydrogen-3 (tritium) per device;(c) A person who possesses or transfers a balance of precision containing radioactive tritium is exempt from the requirements for a license specified in section 30190 and sections 30191 through 30237, and from Group 3 of this subchapter, provided that the balance contains no more than 0.1 millicurie of tritium or no more than 0.5 millicurie of tritium per balance part, and was manufactured before December 17, 2007.(d) A person who possesses or transfers a marine compass, or other marine navigational instrument, is exempt from the requirements for a license specified in section 30190 and sections 30191 through 30237, and from Group 3 of this subchapter, provided that the marine compass contains no more than 750 millicuries of tritium gas and other marine navigational instruments contain no more than 250 millicuries of tritium gas, and was manufactured before December 17, 2007.(e) A person who possesses or transfers a smoke detector containing americium-241 is exempt from the requirements for a license specified in section 30190 and sections 30191 through 30237, and from Group 3 of this subchapter, provided that not more than one microcurie of americium-241 is incorporated into the detector in the form of a foil and designed to protect life and property from fires.(f) A person who possesses or transfers an electron tube (tube) containing radioactive material is exempt from the requirements for a license specified in section 30190 and sections 30191 through 30237, and from Group 3 of this subchapter: (1) Provided that the tube does not exceed the following microcurie limits: (A) 10 millicuries for tubes containing tritium; except, if the tube is a microwave receiver protector tube, 150 millicuries of tritium;(B) 1 microcurie for tubes containing cobalt-60;(C) 5 microcuries for tubes containing nickel-63;(D) 30 microcuries for tubes containing krypton-85;(E) 5 microcuries for tubes containing cesium-137;(F) 30 microcuries for tubes containing promethium-147; and(2) Provided that the levels of radiation from the electron tube containing radioactive material do not exceed one millirad per hour at one centimeter from any surface when measured through seven milligrams per square centimeter of absorber.(3) For purposes of subsection (f) "electron tubes" include spark gap tubes, power tubes, gas tubes including glow lamps, receiving tubes, microwave tubes, indicator tubes, pickup tubes, radiation detection tubes, and any other completely sealed tube that is designed to conduct or control electrical currents.(g) A person who possesses or transfers a measuring instrument, which contains one or more sources of radioactivity for purposes of internal calibration or standardization is exempt from the requirements for a license specified in section 30190 and sections 30191 through 30237, and from Group 3 of this subchapter, provided that: (1) Each source of radioactivity in the instrument which is comprised of a single radionuclide does not exceed the limit set forth in section 30235 for that radionuclide; and(2) Each instrument contains no more than 10 of the radionuclides listed in section 30235;(3) For purposes of this subsection, an instrument's radioactive source(s) may contain either one type or different types of radionuclides and an individual exempt quantity may be composed of fractional parts of one or more of the exempt quantities in section 30235, provided that the sum of such fractions shall not exceed unity;(4) For purposes of the exemptions provided in this subsection, the limit for a radioactive source consisting of americium-241 is 0.05 microcuries, and this limit is deemed to be an exempt quantity under section 30235.(h) The exemptions provided in this section do not apply to persons who apply or incorporate radioactive material into any product described in this section during the manufacture of such product, or who transfer or transport such a product up through its first sale. This subsection does not apply to subsequent transfers or sales of such a product.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 17, § 30180.2
1. New section filed 12-30-2014; operative 4-1-2015 (Register 2015, No. 1). Note: Authority cited: Sections 114975, 115000 and 131200, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 114965, 114970, 115000, 115060, 115165, 115230, 115235, 131050, 131051 and 131052, Health and Safety Code.
1. New section filed 12-30-2014; operative 4/1/2015 (Register 2015, No. 1).