12VAC5-490-10. Registration fees.
A. All operators or owners of diagnostic x-ray machines used in the healing arts and capable of producing radiation shall pay the following registration fee:
1. $100 for each machine and additional tubes that have a required annual inspection, collected annually; and
2. $100 for each machine and additional tubes that have a required inspection every three years, collected every three years.
B. All operators or owners of therapeutic x-ray, particle accelerators, and teletherapy machines used in the healing arts capable of producing radiation shall pay the following annual registration fee:
1. $100 for each machine with a maximum beam energy of less than 500 KVp;
2. $100 for each machine with a maximum beam energy of 500 KVp or greater.
C. All operators or owners of baggage, cabinet or analytical, or industrial x-ray machines capable of producing radiation shall pay the following annual registration fee:
1. $40 for each machine used for baggage inspection;
2. $50 for each machine identified as cabinet or analytical; and
3. $100 for each machine used for industrial radiography.
D. Where the operator or owner of the aforementioned machines is a state agency or local government, that agency is exempt from the payment of the registration fee.
Statutory Authority
§ 32.1-229.1 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from VR355‑20‑02 § 1, eff. January 1, 1989; amended, Virginia Register Volume 25, Issue 11, eff. March 4, 2009; Volume 33, Issue 21, eff. July 12, 2017; Volume 35, Issue 10, eff. February 7, 2019.