NJ DEPARTMENT of ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION<\/b>
\nAIR QUALITY, ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY
\nDIVISION OF CLIMATE, CLEAN ENERGY AND RADIATION PROTECTION
\nCOMMISSION ON RADIATION PROTECTION<\/p>\n
Notice of Rule Proposal<\/strong> PUBLIC NOTICE<\/strong> The proposed amendments to the Agreement State portion of the rules are required in order to make New Jersey\u2019s regulations adequate and compatible as compared to those of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).\u00a0 The proposed amendment to subchapter 1.6 addresses an NRC comment which stated that licensees would be confused as to when to follow NRC rules and when to substitute Department rules when they are different.\u00a0 Therefore, 1.6 (f) has been amended to address this comment.\u00a0 The Department proposes to amend N.J.A.C. 7:28-61.1, Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Materials to correct mistakes from previous incorporations that the NRC did not identify in its initial review of this subchapter.\u00a0 The NRC also sent out a letter to all Agreement States indicating that it is the States that will issue a General License to any licensee that uses Type B packaging rather than exclusively the NRC.\u00a0 At present New Jersey does not have any licensees of this type but proposes the revisions in case applications are received in the future.\u00a0 \u00a0Proposed amendments to N.J.A.C. 7:28-12.13 are to correct the mailing address of the Bureau of Environmental Radiation.\u00a0 Proposed amendments to N.J.A.C. 64, Radioactive Materials License Fees allow the Department to round to the nearest $5 for reciprocity fees and for the annual adjustment of fees as per N.J.A.C. 64.10.<\/p>\n The proposed rules in N.J.A.C. 7:28-19 relate to a new license category entitled radiologist assistant which includes the educational, licensing, and fee requirements to be licensed as a radiologist assistant.\u00a0 The proposed rule has requirements for radiologist assistant schools who assign radiologist assistant students to New Jersey for clinical education.\u00a0 The radiologist assistant license will permit a licensed diagnostic radiologic technologist to perform fluoroscopic procedures as permitted by regulation and the level of supervision required by the Board of Medical Examiners (BME).\u00a0 The proposed rules in N.J.A.C. 7:28-24.11 relates to a new fee schedule of licensing of fusion imaging CT technologists and\u00a0 nuclear medicine technologists.<\/p>\n The proposal is scheduled to be published in the New Jersey Register dated December 2, 2019.\u00a0 A copy of the proposal is available from: the DEP website at https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/proposals\/20191104a.pdf<\/a> and LexisNexis free public access to the New Jersey Register, www.lexisnexis.com\/hottopics\/njoal<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nRadiation Protection Programs, N.J.A.C. 7:28<\/p>\n
\nTake notice <\/strong>that the NJ Department of Environmental Protection and the Commission on Radiation Protection are proposing amendments, repeals, recodification, and new rules related to the Agreement State program, the education and licensing of radiologist assistants and an increase in licensing fees for fusion imaging CT technologists and nuclear medicine technologists.<\/p>\n