Connecticut General Statutes/Title 22a/Chapter 446a/Section 22a-150

CGS § 22a-150. (Formerly Sec. 19-25a). Registration of x-ray devices.

The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall, by regulation, require registration of devices emitting x-rays used for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes by or under the supervision of a person or persons licensed to practice medicine, surgery, chiropractic, naturopathy, dentistry, podiatry or veterinary medicine and surgery, as authorized by law. The commissioner shall charge a registration fee of one hundred ninety dollars biennially for each such device, except that hospitals operated by the state or a municipality shall be exempt from payment of the fee.

Short History

(1963, P.A. 623; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 414; P.A. 78-239, S. 2, 8; P.A. 80-123, S. 1, 2; P.A. 81-309, S. 1, 2; P.A. 89-201, S. 2; P.A. 90-231, S. 2, 28; P.A. 91-369, S. 24, 36; P.A. 99-102, S. 40; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 123; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 407; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)

Long History

History: 1971 act replaced public health council and department of health with commissioner of environmental protection; P.A. 78-239 made registration of devices emitting x-rays mandatory rather than optional; P.A. 80-123 set registration fee at $15 per device, rather than at not more than $15 for one such device, plus not more than $5 for each additional device at the same location during any portion of the year; P.A. 81-309 increased the registration fee for devices emitting x-rays from $15 to $30, effective July 1, 1981, and applicable to registrations occurring on or after July 1, 1981; Sec. 19-25a transferred to Sec. 22a-150 in 1983; P.A. 89-201 replaced provision exempting state-aided hospitals from provisions of section with provision exempting hospitals operated by state or a municipality from payment of fee; P.A. 90-231 increased the registration fee to $75 and provided that on and after July 1, 1992, the fees shall be prescribed by regulations; P.A. 91-369 restated commissioner's authority to adopt regulations setting the fees required by this section; P.A. 99-102 deleted obsolete reference to osteopathy; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 increased biennial registration fee from $75 to $150 and deleted provisions re regulation to prescribe amount of fees, effective August 20, 2003; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased registration fee from $150 to $190; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.