PERMANENT RULES
Date of Adoption: June 29, 2001.
Purpose: To revise the fee schedule for the x-ray compliance program, increasing fees by the 2001 fiscal growth factor of 2.87%.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 246-254-053.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 43.70.110.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 01-11-163 on May 23, 2001.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making:
New 0,
Amended 0,
Repealed 0;
Pilot Rule Making:
New 0,
Amended 0,
Repealed 0;
or Other Alternative Rule Making:
New 0,
Amended 1,
Repealed 0.
Effective Date of Rule:
Thirty-one days after filing.
June 29, 2001
Mary C. Selecky
Secretary
OTS-4879.2
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 99-13-085, filed 6/14/99,
effective 7/15/99)
WAC 246-254-053
Radiation machine facility registration
fees.
(1) Radiation machine facility fees apply to each person
or facility owning, leasing and using radiation-producing
machines.
| FEE TYPE | FEE |
| (a) Annual Base Registration Fee | $46 |
| (b) Late registration or re-registration | $46 |
| (c) Penalty for operating without registration | $46 for each year of unregistered operation |
| (d) Tube Fees | See Table 1 |
| TABLE 1
|
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| Group | First Tube | Each Additional Tube |
| (i) Group A: Dental, Podiatric, Veterinary uses |
$(( |
$(( |
| (ii) Group B: Hospital, Medical, Chiropractic uses |
$(( |
$(( |
| (iii) Group C: Industrial, research, and other uses |
$(( |
$(( |
| (iv) Group D: Electron Microscopes, Mammographic X-ray Machines, Bone Densitometers, and Airport Baggage Cabinet X-ray Systems |
NA | NA |
(a) Facilities regulated under the shielding plan requirements of WAC 246-225-030 or 246-227-150 are subject to a $90 X-ray shielding review fee for each X-ray room.
(b) If a facility regulated under WAC 246-225-030 or
246-227-150 operates without X-ray shielding calculations or a
floor plan review it will be subject to a $((45)) 46 penalty.
(3) Radiation safety fee. If a facility or group of
facilities under one administrative control employs two or more
full-time individuals whose positions are entirely devoted to
in-house radiation safety, the facility shall pay a flat, annual
fee of $((2,900)) 2,980.
(4) Consolidation of registration. Facilities may consolidate X-ray machine registrations into a single registration after notifying the department in writing and documenting that a single business license applies.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 43.70.110. 99-13-085, 246-254-053, filed 6/14/99, effective 7/15/99; 98-11-066, 246-254-053, filed 5/19/98, effective 7/1/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.70.110, 43.70.250 and chapter 70.98 RCW. 98-01-047, 246-254-053, filed 12/8/97, effective 1/8/98; 96-11-043, 246-254-053, filed 5/8/96, effective 6/28/96; 95-12-004, 246-254-053, filed 5/25/95, effective 6/25/95; 94-11-010, 246-254-053, filed 5/5/94, effective 6/5/94; 93-13-019 (Order 372), 246-254-053, filed 6/8/93, effective 7/9/93. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.70.110. 91-22-027 (Order 208), 246-254-053, filed 10/29/91, effective 11/29/91. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.70.040. 91-02-049 (Order 121), recodified as 246-254-053, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.20B.110. 89-16-064 (Order 2839), 440-44-050, filed 7/31/89, effective 8/31/89. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.20A.055. 86-08-054 (Order 2359), 440-44-050, filed 3/28/86. Statutory Authority: Chapter 70.98 RCW and 1985 c 383. 85-20-021 (Order 2283), 440-44-050, filed 9/23/85. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.20A.055. 85-13-007 (Order 2238), 440-44-050, filed 6/7/85; 83-12-058 (Order 1965), 440-44-050, filed 6/1/83. Statutory Authority: 1982 c 201. 82-13-011 (Order 1825), 440-44-050, filed 6/4/82.]