                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

BONDS OF LICENSEES (§ 32.1-231)

A. The Board is authorized to require bonds of licensees. A bond shall be
forfeited when the public health and safety is endangered by ionizing radiation
due to the abandonment by a licensee of a licensed activity or licensed
materials or due to a violation of law by a licensee. Each bond so forfeited
shall be credited to a special fund on the books of the Department called the
Radiation Reclamation Fund and shall be expended as necessary to restore to a
safe condition the site where the licensed activity is or was conducted or the
licensed materials are located.

B. The Board shall adopt regulations for determining the amount of each bond
based upon the potential for contamination and injury by the licensed activity
or material, the cost of disposal of the licensed material and the cost of
restoring the site of the licensed activity to a safe condition.

C. No state, local or other governmental agency shall be required to file a
bond. The Board may, by regulation, provide for the exemption of classes of
licensees from bonding requirements if such classes present no significant risk
to the public health and safety.

D. An acceptable bond for the purposes of this section shall be a bond issued by
a fidelity or surety company authorized to do business in Virginia, a personal
bond secured by such collateral as the Board may require or a cash bond.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 32-414.4:1; 1976, c. 652; 1979, c. 711.