                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

RADIATION ADVISORY BOARD; COMPOSITION; DUTIES GENERALLY (§ 32.1-233)

A. The Radiation Advisory Board shall consist of ten appointive members and the
six ex officio members specified below. The Governor shall appoint to the
Advisory Board individuals from industry, labor and agriculture as well as
individuals with scientific training in one or more of the following fields:
radiology, medicine, radiation or health physics, or related sciences, with
specialization in ionizing radiation. Not more than two individuals shall be
specialists in any one of the above-named fields. Members of the Advisory Board
shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. The Commissioner shall be an ex
officio member and chairman of the Advisory Board. The Commissioner of Labor and
Industry, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the State
Coordinator of Emergency Management, the Director of Environmental Quality, and
the Director of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science shall be ex officio
members of the Advisory Board.

B. The Advisory Board shall meet at least annually and shall:

   1. Review and evaluate policies and programs of the Commonwealth relating to
   ionizing radiation; and

   2. Make recommendations to the Commissioner and the Board of Health, the
   Director of Environmental Quality, and the Virginia Waste Management Board and
   furnish such technical advice as may be required, on matters relating to
   development, utilization and regulation of sources of ionizing radiation.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 32-414.5; 1964, c. 158; 1979, c. 711; 1980, c. 728; 1985,
c. 448; 1987, c. 157; 2008, cc. 41, 466.