MN HF3794

Facilities must pay annual registration fees for ionizing radiation equipment: $100 base facility fee plus per-source fees ($100 for medical/veterinary, $40 for dental, $100 for other x-ray equipment, $100 for devices not used on humans/animals, $100 for security screening systems).

Radiation therapy and accelerator equipment facilities pay $500 annual registration fee; industrial accelerator facilities pay $150; electron microscopy equipment is exempt.

Individuals operating x-ray equipment on living humans must pass a national or state-approved examination based on standards from organizations like the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists or equivalent exams approved by the commissioner.

Establishes specific practice scopes for limited x-ray operators, cardiovascular technologists, nuclear medicine technologists, and radiation therapy technologists, with restrictions on equipment they may operate.

Requires periodic radiation safety inspections of x-ray equipment at least once every four years and repeals previous provisions regarding veterinary exemptions from quality assurance testing and commissioner variance authority.