A. Each registrant or license type is classified into one of three administrative sanction divisions.
1. Division I licenses and registrations:
- a. Broad Academic Class A,
- b. Broad Academic Class B,
- c. Broad Academic Class C,
- d. Broad Industrial Class A,
- e. Broad Medical,
- f. Class C Laser Facility,
- g. Distribution,
- h. Fixed Gauge Class A,
- i. Industrial Radiography Class A,
- j. Low Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Site,
- k. Major Accelerator Facility,
- l. Medical Materials Class A,
- m. Medical Teletherapy,
- n. NORM Commercial Disposal Site,
- o. Nuclear Laundry,
- p. Nuclear Pharmacy,
- q. Open Field Irradiator,
- r. Secondary Uranium Recovery,
- s. Waste Processor Class A,
- t. Well Logging,
- u. X-Ray Machine Class A.
2. Division II licenses and registrations:
- a. Broad Industrial Class B,
- b. Broad Industrial Class C,
- c. Class B Industrial Radiofrequency Facility,
- d. Class B Laser Facility,
- e. Class C Industrial Radiofrequency Facility,
- f. Fixed Gauge Class B,
- g. Health Physics Class A,
- h. Industrial Radiation Machine,
- i. Industrial Radiography Class B,
- j. Laser Light Show,
- k. Limited Academic,
- l. Medical Imaging Facility,
- m. Medical Laser,
- n. Medical Materials Class B,
- o. Medical Radiofrequency Device Facility,
- p. NORM Commercial Disposal Site,
- q. Research and Development,
- r. Self Shielded Irradiator,
- s. Tanning Facility,
- t. Waste Processor Class B,
- u. X-Ray Machine Class B.
3. Division III licenses and registrations:
- a. Class A Industrial Radiofrequency Facility,
- b. Class A Laser Facility,
- c. Gas Chromatograph,
- d. General Depleted Uranium,
- e. General Industrial,
- f. General Medical,
- g. General Veterinary Medicine,
- h. Health Physics Class B,
- i. Laboratory,
- j. Leak Detector,
- k. Limited Industrial,
- l. Medical Materials Class C,
- m. Other Ionizing Radiation Machine,
- n. Other Nonionizing Radiation Machine,
- o. Portable Gauge,
- p. Possession Only,
- q. Radioactive waste transfer-for-disposal,
- r. Unclassified,
- s. Veterinary Medicine,
- t. X-ray Machine Class C,
- u. Class A Medical (non-cosmetic) Radiofrequency Facility,
- v. Class B Medical (non-cosmetic) Radiofrequency Facility,
- w. Class C Medical (non-cosmetic) Radiofrequency Facility,
- x. Class D Medical (non-cosmetic) Radiofrequency Facility.
- B. Any person required by the Act to register the use of a general license with the Department, or to obtain a specific license from the Department, is considered a licensee of the appropriate type notwithstanding the failure of the person to register or obtain a license.
- C. The Department shall classify each person that possesses an out-of-state specific license for the use of radioactive material and operates in Arizona under reciprocal recognition, as prescribed in R9-7-320 and authorized in R9-7-1302(D)(16), by placing the person into the administrative sanction division listed in subsection (A) that best defines the out-of-state, licensed activities.
D. For administrative purposes, the following persons are classified with the Division III licensees and registrants in subsection (A)(3):
- 1. Any person not required to register the use of a general license,
- 2. Any person not required to obtain a specific license,
- 3. Any person not required to register a source of radiation who violates the Act or 9 A.A.C. 7, and
- 4. Any person registered to provide x-ray machine service.
Historical Note
New Section R9-7-1215 recodified from R12-1-1215 at 24 A.A.R. 813, effective March 22, 2018 (Supp. 18-1).