N.M. Stat. § 74-3-4

Current through 2024, ch. 69

Section 74-3-4 - Definitions

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.

NMS § 74-3-4

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.