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TITLE 25HEALTH SERVICES
PART 1DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES
CHAPTER 289RADIATION CONTROL
SUBCHAPTER DGENERAL
RULE §289.204Fees for Certificates of Registration, Radioactive Material Licenses, Emergency Planning and Implementation, and Other Regulatory Services

(a) Purpose. The requirements in this section establish fees for licensing, registration, emergency planning and implementation, and other regulatory services, and provide for their payment.

(b) Scope. Except as otherwise specifically provided, the requirements in this section apply to any person who is the following:

  (1) an applicant for, or holder of:

    (A) a radioactive material license issued in accordance with §289.252 of this title (relating to Licensing of Radioactive Material), or §289.259 of this title (relating to Licensing of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM)); or

    (B) a general license acknowledgment issued in accordance with §289.251 of this title (relating to Exemptions, General Licenses, and General License Acknowledgments); or

    (C) a certificate of registration for radiation machines and/or services, or sources of laser radiation, issued in accordance with §289.226 of this title (relating to Registration of Radiation Machine Use and Services), §289.230 of this title (relating to Certification of Mammography Systems and Mammography Machines Used for Interventional Breast Radiography), a certificate of registration for dental radiation machines in accordance with §289.232 of this title (relating to Radiation Control Regulations for Dental Radiation Machines), a certificate of registration for radiation machines used in veterinary medicine in accordance with §289.233 of this title (relating to Radiation Control Regulations for Radiation Machines Used in Veterinary Medicine), §289.234 of this title (relating to Mammography Accreditation), or §289.301 of this title (relating to Registration and Radiation Safety Requirements for Lasers and Intense-Pulsed Light Devices); or

  (2) the holder of a fixed nuclear facility construction permit or operating license issued by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in accordance with Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 50; or

  (3) the operator of any other fixed nuclear facility.

(c) Definitions. The following words and terms when used in this section shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

  (1) Contiguous properties--Those locations adjacent to an existing licensed or permitted area.

  (2) Decontamination services--Providing deliberate operations to reduce or remove residual radioactivity from equipment, facilities, and land owned, possessed, or controlled by other persons to a level that permits release of equipment, facilities, and land for unrestricted use and/or termination of a license.

  (3) Emergency planning and implementation--The development and application of those capabilities necessary for the protection of the public and the environment from the effects of an accidental or uncontrolled release of radioactive materials, including the equipping, training and periodic retraining of response personnel.

  (4) Fixed nuclear facility--The following are considered fixed nuclear facilities:

    (A) any nuclear reactor(s) at a single site;

    (B) any facility designed or used for the assembly or disassembly of nuclear weapons; or

    (C) any other facility using special nuclear material for which the agency conducts off-site environmental surveillance and/or emergency planning and implementation to protect the public health and safety or the environment.

  (5) Limited manufacturer--A manufacturer/distributor of radioactive material that is not required to submit a decommissioning funding plan or an emergency plan in accordance with §289.252 of this title.

  (6) Processor of radioactive material--A manufacturer/distributor who converts normal form radioactive material into special form or a manufacturer/distributor of radioactive sealed sources.

(d) Payment of fees.

  (1) Each application for a specific license, general license acknowledgement, or certificate of registration for which a fee is prescribed in subsection (e), (g), or (j) of this section shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable fee equal to the appropriate fee. Each request for evaluation of a sealed source and/or device shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable fee prescribed in subsection (f) of this section. Each application for accreditation of a mammography facility shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable fee prescribed in subsection (h) of this section. Each application for an industrial radiographer certification and an industrial radiographer examination shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable and non-transferable fee prescribed in subsection (i) of this section.

    (A) An application for a license covering more than one category of specific license shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee for the highest category and 25% of the applicable prescribed fee for each additional requested category.

    (B) An application for a certificate of registration covering more than one category shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee for the highest category.

    (C) No application will be accepted for filing or processed prior to payment of the full amount specified.

  (2) A nonrefundable fee, in accordance with subsection (e) of this section shall be paid for each radioactive material license and/or for each general license acknowledgement. The fee shall be paid every two years based on the month listed as the expiration month on the license or general license acknowledgement and shall be paid in full on or before the last day of the expiration month. In the case of a single license that authorizes more than one category of use, the fee shall be the prescribed fee for the highest license category plus 25% of the applicable prescribed fee for each additional license category authorized.

  (3) A nonrefundable fee, in accordance with subsection (j) of this section, shall be paid for each certificate of registration for radiation machines and/or services, or sources of laser radiation. The fee shall be paid every two years based on the month listed as the expiration month on the certificate of registration and shall be paid in full on or before the last day of the expiration month. For certificates of registration with no specified expiration date, payment shall be paid in full on or before the due date stated on the invoice.

  (4) In the case of a single certificate of registration that authorizes more than one category of machine/type of use, the category listed in subsection (j) of this section and assigned the higher fee will be used.

  (5) An additional nonrefundable fee equal to 5% of the total fee for each specific license shall be paid with the specified fee by each holder of a specific license, excluding licensees that are authorized only for diagnostic nuclear medicine.

    (A) The fees collected by the agency in accordance with this paragraph shall be deposited to the credit of the agency's Radiation and Perpetual Care Account.

    (B) The agency shall collect the fees in accordance with this paragraph so long as the sum of the balances of the perpetual care accounts specified under Health and Safety Code, §401.307, does not exceed $100 million; and if the sum of such balances subsequently is reduced to $50 million or less, the agency shall reinstitute assessment of the fee until the sum of such balances reaches $100 million.

  (6) Each application for reciprocal recognition of an out-of-state license in accordance with §289.252(s) of this title, an out-of-state registration in accordance with §289.226 of this title, or an out-of-state laser registration in accordance with §289.301 of this title, shall be accompanied by the applicable fee, provided that no such fee has been submitted within 24 months of the date of commencement of the proposed activity.

  (7) Each holder of a fixed nuclear facility construction permit or operating license or an operator of any other fixed nuclear facility shall submit an annual fee for services received. This fee shall recover for the State of Texas the actual expenses arising from environmental surveillance and emergency planning and implementation activities. Payment shall be made within 90 days following the date of invoice.

  (8) Fee payments shall be in cash or by check or money order made payable to the Department of State Health Services. The payments may be made by personal delivery to the central office, Radiation Control, Department of State Health Services, 1100 West 49th Street, Austin, Texas, or mailed to Radiation Control, Department of State Health Services, P.O. Box 149347, MC 2003, Austin, Texas, 78714-9347.

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