Bill Text: NJ S617 | 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: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-2)
Status: (Vetoed) 2011-05-12 - Absolute Veto, Received in the Senate [S617 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2010-S617-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
214th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2010 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator ROBERT M. GORDON
District 38 (Bergen)
Senator PAUL A. SARLO
District 36 (Bergen, Essex and Passaic)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senator Cardinale
SYNOPSIS
Limits DEP regulation of medical diagnostic x-ray equipment in facilities performing 750 or fewer x-rays per year.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel
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 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.
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 purpose of this bill is to reduce the regulatory burden on small facilities and practices that perform 750 or fewer x-rays per yea.
The bill provides that the Department of Environmental Protection shall limit any monitoring and regulatory requirements pertaining to medical diagnostic x-ray equipment at these facilities or practices 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.
