§ 68-202-301 — Part definitions

The following definitions apply in the interpretation and enforcement of this part: (1) "Commissioner" refers to the commissioner of environment and conservation or the commissioner's designated representative; (2) "Department" refers to the department of environment and conservation; (3) "Person" means an individual, trust, firm, joint stock company, corporation (including a government corporation), partnership, association, state, municipality, commission, political subdivision of a state, any interstate body, any governmental agency of this state and any department, agency or instrumentality of the federal government; (4) "Radiation" includes all ionizing electromagnetic waves and corpuscular emissions such as, but not necessarily limited to, gamma rays and x-rays; alpha and beta particles; electrons, neutrons and protons; and other nuclear particles but not radio waves or visible, infrared or ultraviolet light; and (5) "Radiation source" includes material which emits radiation spontaneously, or apparatus which produces, or may produce when the associated controls are operated, one (1) or more forms of radiation.

Legislative History

Acts 1974, ch. 678, § 1; T.C.A., § 53-3314; Acts 1986, ch. 569, § 6; T.C.A., § 68-23-301.