{"data":{"id":"us-nm/74-3-4","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"74-3-4","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in the Radiation Protection Act:\nA. \"board\" means the environmental improvement board;\nB. \"agency\" or \"division\" means the environmental protection division of the department of environment;\nC. \"council\" means the radiation technical advisory council;\nD. \"radiation\" includes particulate and electromagnetic radiation and ultrasound, but does not include audible sound;\nE. \"radioactive material\" includes any materials or sources, regardless of chemical or physical state, that emit radiation;\nF. \"radiation equipment\" means any device that is capable of producing radiation;\nG. \"agreement state\" means any state with which the nuclear regulatory commission has entered into an agreement under Section 274(b) of the federal Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended;\nH. \"person\" means any individual, partnership, firm, public or private corporation, association, trust, estate, political subdivision or agency, or any other legal entity or its legal representatives, agents or assigns;\nI. \"continued care fund\" means the radiation protection continued care fund;\nJ. \"director\" means the director of the division;\nK. \"nuclear regulatory commission\" means the United States nuclear regulatory commission; and\nL. \"secretary\" means the secretary of environment.","path":["Chapter 74 - Environmental Improvement","ARTICLE 3 Radiation Control"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18577/index.do","current_through":"2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:20Z","sha256":"2ff76ccf058c48584da68ad88d44f61d7ba6cba505413cca40e553bd2949fe4c","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/74-3-3","next":"us-nm/74-3-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}