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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 800

(C)    "Emergency" means a sudden, unexpected and
unforeseen condition of such public gravity and exigency
as to require action forthwith.

(D)    "DEPARTMENT" MEANS THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE.

(E)    "SECRETARY" MEANS THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
MENTAL HYGIENE.

(F)    "RADIATION" MEANS: (1) IONIZING RADIATION
INCLUDING GAMMA RAYS, X-RAYS, ALPHA PARTICLES, BETA
PARTICLES AND OTHER ATOMIC OR NUCLEAR PARTICLES OR RAYS;
OR (2) ANY ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION WHICH CAN BE
GENERATED DURING THE OPERATION OF ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS; OR
(3) ANY SONIC, ULTRASONIC OR INFRASONIC WAVES WHICH ARE
EMITTED FROM AN ELECTRONIC PRODUCT AS A RESULT OF THE
OPERATION OF AN ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT IN SUCH PRODUCT.

(G)    "ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS" MEANS ANY MANUFACTURED
PRODUCT OR DEVICE OR COMPONENT PART OF THIS PRODUCT OR
DEVICE THAT HAS AN ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT WHICH DURING
OPERATION CAN GENERATE OR EMIT A PHYSICAL FIELD OF
RADIATION.

677.

The [Board shall have power to] SECRETARY MAY
formulate and promulgate, amend and repeal rules and
regulations controlling sources of radiation. All rules
and regulations promulgated will conform with the
standards established by the U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION, THE U. S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION AND
THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY. [All rules and
regulations promulgated will conform with the standards
established by the National Committee on Radiation
Protection and published in the handbooks of the National
Bureau of Standards, or those of the Surgeon General of
the United States Public Health Service.] All actions of
the (Board] SECRETARY shall be taken in accordance with
Article 41, §§ 244 to 256 of this Code, generally known
as the Administrative Procedure Act.

678.

The [Board] SECRETARY shall:

(a)   Administer and enforce this subtitle and the
rules, or regulations promulgated under this subtitle,
except that in the City of Baltimore the commissioner of
health of Baltimore City may be authorized to administer
and enforce this subtitle and the rules and regulations
promulgated under it.

(b)   Develop comprehensive policies and programs for
the evaluation and determination of hazards associated
with the use of radiation, and their amelioration.