45-14-31 - Schedule of fees. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 45-14-31. Schedule of fees.
 

All initial application and registration fee s and annual fees due under this section shall be paid directly to the agency for deposit into the Radiological Health Operations Fund in the State Treasury. The Mississippi State Board of Health shall submit its separate budget for carrying out the provisions of this chapter. The budget shall be subject to and shall comply with the requirements of the state budget law. In order to supplement state radiological health budget allocations authorized to carry out and enforce the provisions of this chapter, the agency is authorized to charge and collect fees in accordance with the following schedules: 
 
  
Category                               Application Fee          Annual Fee
I.       Waste Disposal
         (a) Licenses specifically               $350,000.00     $350,000.00
         authorizing the receipt of low-
         level waste radioactive material
         from other persons for the purpose of
         commercial disposal by land
         burial by the waste disposal licensee.
         (b) Licenses specifically                $ 2,000.00      $ 2,000.00
         authorizing the receipt of waste
         radioactive material from other
         persons for the purpose of packaging
         the material. The licensee will
         dispose of the material by transfer
         to another person authorized to
         receive
         or dispose of the material.
         (c) Licenses specifically                $ 1,000.00      $ 1,000.00
         authorizing the receipt of
         prepackaged waste radioactive
         material from other persons. The
         licensee will dispose of the
         material by transfer to another
         person authorized to receive or
         dispose of the material.
         (d) Licenses specifically                $ 2,000.00      $ 2,000.00
         authorizing the receipt of waste
         radioactive material from other
         persons for the purpose of
         super-compaction (compaction of
         seven-fold or greater). The licensee
         will dispose of the material by
         transfer to another person authorized
         to receive or dispose of the material.
         (e) Licenses specifically                $ 6,000.00      $ 6,000.00
         authorizing the receipt of waste
         radioactive material from other
         persons for the purpose of
         incineration. The licensee will
         dispose of radioactive ash by
         transfer to another person authorized
         to receive or dispose of this
         material.
II.      Nuclear Laundries
         Licenses for commercial                  $ 4,000.00      $ 4,000.00
         collection in laundries of items
         contaminated with radioactive
         material.
III.     Distributors of Generally
         Licensed Devices
         Licenses issued to distribute            $ 3,000.00      $ 3,000.00
         items containing radioactive
         material to persons generally
         licensed.


IV.      Human Use
         (a) Licenses issued for                  $ 1,300.00      $ 1,300.00
         human use of radioactive material in
         sealed sources contained in
         teletherapy devices.
         (b) Licenses issued to                   $ 1,100.00      $ 1,100.00
         physicians or medical institutions
         for human use of radioactive material
         for diagnostic purposes only.
         (c) Licenses issued to                   $ 1,300.00      $ 1,300.00
         physicians or medical institutions
         for human use of radioactive material
         for therapeutic purposes, except
         licenses in category IV(a).
         (d) Licenses issued to                     $ 600.00       $ 600.00
         physicians or medical institutions
         for human use of radioactive material
         provided by a mobile nuclear medicine
         service.
         (e) Licenses specifically                $ 2,000.00      $ 2,000.00
         authorizing mobile nuclear medicine
         services to licensees in categories
         IV(b) or IV(d).
         (f) Licenses specifically                  $ 500.00       $ 500.00
         authorizing the use of radioactive
         material contained in eye applicators
         or bone mineral analyzers.
V.       Radiopharmacies Licenses                 $ 3,000.00      $ 3,000.00
         specifically authorizing the
         processing or manufacturing and
         distribution or redistribution of
         radiopharmaceuticals, generators,
         reagent kits and/or sources and
         devices containing radioactive
         material.
VI.      Industrial Radiography
         Licenses issued for                      $ 3,000.00      $ 3,000.00
         industrial radiography operations.
VII.     Well Logging Operations
         (a) Licenses for possession              $ 2,500.00      $ 2,500.00
         and use of radioactive material for
         well
         logging and subsurface tracer studies.
         (b) Licenses for possession                $ 400.00       $ 400.00
         and use of radioactive material in
         markers including radioactive collars
         and radioactive iron nails.
VIII.    Irradiators
         (a) Licenses for possession                $ 900.00       $ 900.00
         and use of radioactive material in
         sealed sources for irradiation of
         materials where the source is not
         removed from its shield
         (self-shielded units).
         (b) Licenses for possession              $ 5,000.00      $ 5,000.00
         and use of radioactive material in
         sealed sources for irradiation of
         materials where the source is
         exposed for irradiation purposes.
IX.      Civil Defense
         Licenses for possession and                $ 500.00       $ 500.00
         use of radioactive material for
         Civil Defense activities.
X.       Broad Scope Licenses
         (a) Licenses of broad                    $ 1,200.00      $ 1,200.00
         scope for possession and use of
         radioactive material issued for
         educational research and development
         and instructional purposes.
         (b) Licenses of broad                    $ 2,000.00      $ 2,000.00
         scope for possession and use of
         radioactive materials issued for human
         use, medical research and development
         and instructional purposes.
         (c) Licenses of broad                    $ 2,000.00      $ 2,000.00
         scope for possession and use of
         radioactive material issued for
         industrial purposes.
XI.      Research and Development
         (a) Licenses for possession                $ 900.00       $ 900.00
         and use of radioactive material for
         educational research and development
         and instructional purposes.
         (b) Licenses for possession              $ 1,000.00      $ 1,000.00
         and use of radioactive material for
         industrial research and development.
XII.     Industrial Gauges
         (a) Licenses for possession              $ 1,000.00      $ 1,000.00
         and use of fixed in-plant gauge(s)
         containing radioactive material.
         (b) Licenses for possession              $ 1,000.00      $ 1,000.00
         and use of pipe wall thickness
         gauge(s)
         containing radioactive material.
         (c) Licenses for possession              $ 1,000.00      $ 1,000.00
         and use of portable densitometer(s)
         containing radioactive material.
         (d) Licenses for possession                $ 600.00       $ 600.00
         and use of portable industrial
         gauge(s)
         containing radioactive material except
         categories XII(b) and (c).


XIII.    Licenses for possession                  $ 1,500.00      $ 1,500.00
         and use of radioactive material for
         the performance of environmental
         tracer studies.
XIV.     Licenses authorizing                     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,000.00
         the installation, removal, repair
         and maintenance of gauge(s) containing
         radioactive material.
XV.      Licenses authorizing                       $ 300.00       $ 300.00
         the use of radioactive material
         contained in gas chromatographs.
XVI.     Licenses specifically                    $ 3,000.00      $ 3,000.00
         authorizing decommissioning,
         decontamination, reclamation,
         or site restoration activities.
XVII.    Licenses specifically                    $ 1,000.00      $ 1,000.00
         authorizing the removal of
         radioactive material from oil and/or
         gas tubing and equipment.
XVIII.   All other specific                         $ 600.00       $ 600.00
         licenses other than those
         specified above.
XIX.     Additional permanent sites                   10% of        10% of
         where radioactive material is            applicable      applicable
         stored or used under same license.              fee         fee

 
 
SCHEDULE OF FEES FOR GENERAL LICENSE   

Initial registration and annual fees for the receipt, possession or use of radioactive material under a general license shall be per registration as follows: 
 
  
         (a) Certain measuring,                     $ 150.00          $ 150.00
         gauging and controlling device(s).
         (b) Generally licensed gas                 $ 100.00          $ 100.00
         chromatographs.
         (c) Static elimination                     $ 100.00          $ 100.00
         device(s) and ion generating tube(s).
         (d) Source material.                       $ 100.00          $ 100.00
         (e) Depleted Uranium.                      $ 100.00          $ 100.00
         (f) In Vitro testing                       $ 100.00          $ 100.00
         and clinical labs.
         (g) All other general                      $ 100.00          $ 100.00
         license registrations other than
         those specified above.

 
 
SCHEDULE OF FEES FOR X-RAY TUBE   

Fees for the initial registration and annual renewal fees of each x-ray tube shall be as follows: 
 
  
                                 X-RAY TUBES
I.       Healing Arts and                                              $ 60.00
         Veterinary Medicine
II.      Nonhealing Arts
         (a) Industrial, other than                                   $ 100.00
         Industrial Radiography
         (b) Educational                                               $ 75.00

 
 
SCHEDULE OF FEES FOR INDUSTRIAL RADIOGRAPHY   
 
X-RAY REGISTRATIONS   

Fees for the initial registration and annual fees for industrial radiography x-ray devices shall be Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00). 
   
SERVICES   

Each person who assembles, installs or services radiation machines within the State of Mississippi shall pay an annual registration fee of Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00). 
   
SCHEDULE OF FEES FOR ACCELERATORS   

Fees for the initial registration and annual fees of each accelerator shall be Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00). 
   
SCHEDULE OF FEES FOR NEUTRON GENERATOR REGISTRATIONS   

Fees for initial registration and annual fees for neutron generators shall be Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00). 
   
SCHEDULE OF FEES FOR NUCLEAR REACTORS   

A person possessing a Nuclear Regulatory Commission license or permit authorizing a nuclear reactor in the State of Mississippi for commercial production of electrical energy utilizing special nuclear material sufficient to form a critical mass, shall pay an annual fee of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) per megawatt (thermal) rating for each such reactor so licensed or permitted. When more than one (1) reactor is on the same site, the fee or sum of each additional reactor after the first shall be Five Dollars ($5.00) per megawatt (thermal). 
   
SCHEDULE OF FEES FOR OUT-OT-STATE LICENSES,  
REGISTRANTS AND PERMITTEES   

An out-of-state person possessing: 
 

(a) A license from the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission; 

(b) A license or registration from an Agreement State or Licensing State; or 

(c) A registration or permit from a state radiological health program; and who enters the State of Mississippi to conduct the activities authorized in such license, registration or permit shall pay an annual fee in accordance with the above fee schedules. 
   
SCHEDULE OF FEES FOR TANNING EQUIPMENT   

Fees for the initial registration and annual renewal of each unit of tanning equipment shall be Thirty-five Dollars ($35.00). 
 

Sources: Laws,  1976, ch. 469, § 16; Laws, 1979, ch. 341; Laws, 1984, ch. 488, § 215; Laws, 1986, ch. 371, § 16; Laws, 1990, ch. 376, § 1; Laws, 1991, ch. 606, § 10; Laws, 2000, ch. 429, § 1; Laws, 2006, ch. 389, § 1, eff from and after July 1, 2006.