ORS § 97.153

Current through 2024 Regular Session legislation effective April 17, 2024
Section 97.153 - Diagnostic or therapeutic radioisotopes in body

Notwithstanding section 14, chapter 653, Oregon Laws 1991, or ORS 469.525, diagnostic or therapeutic radioisotopes remaining inside the uncremated or unreduced body of a deceased person may be buried, entombed or otherwise disposed of in a cemetery or other lawful place for the burial, entombment or other disposal of the uncremated or unreduced body of the deceased person even though the body contains low-level radioactive waste as defined under 42 U.S.C. 2021(b) as of January 1, 1995, by-product material as defined under 42 U.S.C. 2014 as of January 1, 1995, or special nuclear material exempted by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission as of January 1, 1995, under authority of 42 U.S.C. 2077(d).

ORS 97.153

Amended by 2021 Ch. 296, § 6, eff. 1/1/2022, op. 7/1/2022.
1995 c.252 §1

97.153 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 97 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.