Bill Text: NJ A2871 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Limits DEP regulation of medical diagnostic x-ray equipment in facilities performing 750 or fewer x-rays per year.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-14 - Substituted by S617 (1R) [A2871 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2010-A2871-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman JOAN M. VOSS
District 38 (Bergen)
Assemblywoman CAROLINE CASAGRANDE
District 12 (Mercer and Monmouth)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblymen Diegnan, Giblin and Prieto
SYNOPSIS
Limits DEP regulation of medical diagnostic x-ray equipment in facilities performing 750 or fewer x-rays per year.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning certain medical diagnostic x-ray equipment installations and supplementing Title 26 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The provisions of any rules and regulations adopted by the Department of Environmental Protection pursuant to P.L.1958, c.116 (C.26:2D-1 et seq.), or any other law, to the contrary notwithstanding, the department shall limit any monitoring and regulatory requirements pertaining to medical diagnostic x-ray equipment at facilities or practices performing 750 or fewer diagnostic x-rays per year to the testing, inspection and calibration of the radiation emitting equipment and to the required use of protective aprons, radiation shields, or other measures necessary to protect the health and safety of patients or persons operating the diagnostic x-ray equipment. The department shall not require the testing of chemicals or a processor used to develop x-ray film at those facilities.
2. The Department of Environmental Protection shall not enforce, and no person shall be required to comply with, the provisions of any rules and regulations adopted by the department pursuant to P.L.1958, c.116 (C.26:2D-1 et seq.) that are inconsistent with the provisions of section 1 of this act.
3. The department shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) any rules or regulations necessary to effectuate the provisions of section 1 of this act.
4. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
The bill provides that the Department of Environmental Protection would limit any monitoring and regulatory requirements pertaining to medical diagnostic x-ray equipment at facilities or practices that perform 750 or fewer x-rays per year to equipment testing, inspection and calibration and to the required use of protective aprons, radiation shields, or other measures necessary to protect the health and safety of patients or persons operating the diagnostic x-ray equipment. Under the provisions of the bill, inspections of x-ray film processing equipment would be eliminated; however, all other existing safety standards would be maintained.
The bill specifies that the department may monitor and regulate only the radiation emitting equipment and may not require the testing of chemicals or a processor used to develop x-ray film at those facilities.
