• Radon test kits are available from several sources. The National Radon Program Services at Kansas State University has test kits available to purchase online or call 1-800-SOS-RADON (1-800-767-7236). Test kits are also available from some local or state American Lung Associations and some home inprovement stores
• New Mexico’s State Radon Program has provided free radon test kits in the past, however none are available at this time. The State Radon Program is currently in the process of seeking funding through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s State and Tribal Indoor Radon Grants (SIRG) program to provide this and other services.

• U.S. EPA’s Consumer’s Guide to Radon Reduction provides a radon reduction overview for your home.
• If you are interested in finding a service provider to mitigate (fix) your home, ensure the provider is credentialed through one of the two currently-recognized national radon proficiency programs:
  • National Radon Proficiency Program (NRPP)
    Toll Free: (828) 348-0185
    Email: National Radon Proficiency Program (info@nrpp.info)
  • National Radon Safety Board (NRSB)
    Phone: (914) 345-1168
    Fax: (914) 345-1169
    Email: National Radon Safety Board (info@NRSB.org)
• The State Radon Program does not advise, mitigate, recommend mitigators, or promote any company for you to contact.

• The State Radon Program does not train, test, certify ,license radon service providers.

• “A Radon Guide for Tenants” offers information that explains what radon is, and how to find our if there is a radon problem in your home. This guide also includes the Renter’s Radon Checklist, which recommends:
  • Find out whether the building you live in has been tested for radon.
  • If your building has not been tested for radon, ask the building owner to test, or test your own apartment or house.
  • Follow the instructions included in your radon test kit. If your short-term test shows radon levels above 4 pCi/L, U.S. EPA recommends doing a follow-up test.
  • If your test shows radon levels above 4 pCi/L, notify the building owner of the test results in writing. Discuss with the owner the need for additional testing and radon reduction repairs.
  • Call the National Radon Hotline at 1-800-55RADON (557-2366) for live help with radon questions.

• Work with your healthcare provider to address your condition, and work to ensure that radon is mitigated (fixed) in your home.
• Learn more about the Health Risk of Radon through U.S. EPA resources

• Contact this email address radon.questions@env.nm.gov

• To access the most recent forms, visit https://www.env.nm.gov/forms/
• Scroll down and click on Radiation Control Bureau tab.
• Once the drop-down list appears, click on the Medical Imaging & Radiation Therapy Program tab.
• Select the application form for the type of license you are requesting.

• Here is the License Renewal Application.

• If your license expired less than a year ago, use the License Renewal Application.
• If your license expired more than a year ago, use the Initial Licence Application.

• If you just graduated and want to practice medical imaging or radiation therapy prior to taking your national exam, use the Temporary Licensure for Medical Imaging or Radiation Therapy Application. 
• If you graduated and have already taken you national exam, and passed, use the Initial Licensure for Medical Imaging or Radiation Therapy Application form.

• Request for Written Verification Application form.

• No, a request for good standing requires a Request for Written Verification Application to be submitted.
• If you, or the state in which you are seeking clearance only asking if you have an active license. Go to our website and download the Active Licensee list which is updated daily. Link – Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Program

• link BEFORE 6:00 PM Mountain Standard Time? The link may not be available before 6:00 pm MST. Did you read the entire email with the payment link and follow the instructions?
• Did you try an access the the payment?
• Did you use the email address you provided us in the application?

Note: If you are using the correct email address and zip code, as you listed on your application, and have tried to access the payment link after 6:00 pm MST unsuccessfully, it is possible that the database experienced a glitch, or that we entered a typo on your email address, zip code, or did not update your new email address.  In this case, please call or email MIRTP.

• Always go to the website and use the most up-to-date forms. The Program is transitioning to a new database, and changes to the application process will be changing.
• Take the time to read through each Section of the application.
  • Applying without attaching the required documentation will result in a rejected application.
  • Your initials are required in the attestation Section.
  • The application must be readable, if you handwrite it make sure it is clearly printed.
  • If any of your attachments are not downloadable, your application will be rejected.  
• There is NOT a process to expedite your application. Mark your calendar to renew at least a month before your license expires. Email notices are sent out as a reminder monthly to those whose applicants whose license(s) are about to expire. (Check your spam or junk box)
• If your license expires:
  • You CANNOT operate any imaging machinery in the modality of which your license expired until you have renewed it and your name is back on the Active Licensee List on the website.
  • You must pay the $25.00 reinstatement fee.

MIRTP does NOT give reimbursements, per the NMAC 20.3.20 Regulations. Link – 20.3.20 NMAC

• RCB form 018
• 20.3.14 NMAC establishes radiation protection standards for the possession, use, transfer, transport, storage and disposal of regulated naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORM) associated with the oil and gas industry, and which are not subject to regulation under New Mexico Administrative Code (NMAC).  Nothing in these regulations relieves a licensee from abiding by the regulations of the New Mexico water quality control commission, other applicable state and federal laws and regulations, including those of the New Mexico Oil Conservation Division, or the terms and conditions of the Rocky Mountain Low-Level Radioactive Waste Board requirements.
  
• Regulated NORM includes NORM contained in any oilfield soils, equipment, sludges, or any other materials related to oilfield operations or processes exceeding the radiation levels specified in Section 20.3.14.1403 NMAC. Unless otherwise exempted under the provisions of 20.3.14.1403, the possession, use, transfer, transport, storage and disposal of regulated NORM must be licensed by the Department.
  
• The Radiation Control Bureau has developed a tool to assist oil and gas operators in evaluating if a NORM License is required.
  
• Reciprocity Addendum for all specific licensees applying for Reciprocal Agreement to service the Oil & Gas Operations in New Mexico for NORM. Addendum Revision (06/09/2023)

If a license is required, apply here.

• General License Application – Small Uranium Thorium water filtration systems, 20.3.3.304B NMAC

 RCB Form 016

• Guidance to a New radioactive materials license please visit 20.3 NMAC ,and NUREG 1556 applicable volume

• Guidance to an Amendment of a radioactive materials license please visit 20.3 NMAC, and NUREG 1556 applicable volume.

• Guidance to a Renewal of a radioactive materials license please visit 20.3 NMAC , and Link NUREG 1556 applicable volume sububsection 9.
  
• Please remember the Bureau can not act as a consultant. It can only provide guidance to 20.3 NMAC and the US NRC NUREG 1556.

• RCB form 014 and 20.3 NMAC and if applicable NUREG 1757 Vol 1, 2, and 3 Consolidated Decommissioning Guidance (NUREG-1757) | NRC.gov – Consolidated Decommissioning Guidance (NUREG-1757) | NRC.gov

• Licensee Ownership Transfer Name Change Form

• Please refer to instructions here: Reciprocity Guidance.

• Reciprocity is granted on a calendar year basis, meaning it expires annually on December 31, or when activities have reached a total of 180 days in New Mexico.  Note that activities do include material storage.

• The reciprocity application fee is $2,700, by company check, cashier’s check or money order payable to the Radiation Protection Fund.

• You may e-mail the Reciprocity Team at RCB.reciprocity@env.nm.gov, or call Reciprocity Program Coordinator Patrick Bingaman at 505-469-6731.

• Please complete the Three-Day Entry Notification located [here]. Once completed, please e-mail the form to RCB.reciprocity@env.nm.gov.

• The letter that you received that granted reciprocal recognition of your license contains specific requirements for your operations in New Mexico, including what documents you must have in your possession while performing work in the state.  In general, these documents include but are not limited to: a copy of your Agreement State or NRC license, Bill of Lading, and an inventory of sources brought into the state, among others.

• Yes.  Any licensee operating in New Mexico under reciprocity can be subject to routine field inspection at any time.

• The Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program provides benefits authorized by the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA). The EEOICPA provides compensation and medical benefits to employees whose work in the nuclear weapons industry made them ill. Survivors of qualified workers may also be eligible for benefits. The EEOICPA has two parts, Part B and Part E.

• Part B covers current and former workers who have been diagnosed with cancer, chronic beryllium disease, beryllium sensitivity, or silicosis, and whose illnesses were caused by exposure to radiation, beryllium, or silica while working at a covered Department of Energy facility or for a covered Atomic Weapons Employer or Beryllium Vendor during a specific time period. Certain individuals awarded benefits by the Department of Justice under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) are also eligible for EEOICPA Part B benefits.

Benefits are:

• $150,000 to employees or eligible survivors.
• $50,000 to RECA Section 5 uranium workers who received $100,000 from the Department of Justice.
• Medical benefits for accepted conditions.
• Medical monitoring for beryllium sensitivity.

• Part B covers cancer, chronic beryllium disease (CBD), beryllium sensitivity (medical monitoring only), chronic silicosis, and RECA (Section 5) illnesses.

• After a cancer diagnosis and employment have been verified, the claim materials are sent to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) for a dose reconstruction under Part B.
• Special Exposure Cohort (SEC): for certain claims where designated facilities and employment criteria are met and the employee has one of 22 specified cancers, the employee is considered a member of the SEC. For SEC members with specified cancer, causation is presumed. 

• Part E covers Department of Energy contractor or subcontractor employees whose occupational exposure to a toxic substance at a covered Department of Energy facility during a covered time period was a significant factor in causing, contributing to, or aggravating their claimed illness. Certain individuals awarded benefits by the Department of Justice under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) are also eligible for Part E EEOICPA benefits.

• Benefits are up to $250,000 in compensation may be available under Part E. Compensation differs for employees and survivors.
• Covered Part E employees receive:
  • Medical benefits for the accepted conditions;
  • Impairment compensation ($2,500 for each percentage of whole body impairment caused by a covered illness); and
  • Wage loss compensation ($10,000 or $15,000 per year of eligible wage loss)

Eligible survivors (employee death related to or caused by covered illness) receive:

• $125,000 lump sum compensation payment.
• Additional wage loss of $25,000 or $50,000, if applicable. 
• Additional information for employees on the process for claiming impairment and wage loss -is provided when a recommended decision accepting your Part E claim is issued.

• Part E covers any diagnosed illness linked to toxic exposures at a covered Department of Energy facility, including Part B illnesses

• Under Part E, evidence must show that toxic exposure at a Department of Energy facility was significant in causing, contributing to or aggravating the claimed condition. Your DEEOIC district office claims examiner will use a variety of tools to establish this connection, including information from the Department of Energy about the facility, information in the Site Exposure Matrices database developed by the Department of Labor, and referral to a physician, industrial hygienist, or toxicologist. Your district office claims examiner may also ask for any information you have on this issue.
• Under Part E, where the employee is deceased, his or her death must also be related to the claimed condition in order for any survivor claim to be accepted.

Eligible survivors are different under Part B and Part E.

• Under Part B, eligible survivors are:
  • Spouse (married to employee at least one year prior to employee’s death), children, parents, grandchildren, and grandparents, in that order.

• Under Part E, eligible survivors are limited to:
  • Spouse (married to employee at least one year prior to employee’s death); and
  • Covered Child – natural child, stepchild, or adopted child who lived with the deceased employee in a parent-child relationship who, at the time of the employee’s death, was under 18 years of age; or under 23 years of age and a full-time student; or any age and medically incapable of self-support.
  • Parents, siblings, self-supporting adult children, and other relatives are not eligible survivors under Part E.

• Your case file must contain evidence of covered employment, a diagnosed medical condition, and causation. Causation means a demonstrated relationship between the employment, exposures, and the diagnosed condition. If the employee is deceased, the file must contain evidence establishing that you are an eligible survivor.

• DEEOIC staff must assemble a case file containing evidence that shows your eligibility for compensation and benefits.  Your District Office claims examiner (CE) will work with you to obtain the necessary evidence and will assist in obtaining certain evidence from other sources.  When your claim file is complete and the CE has analyzed all available information, the CE will issue a recommended decision (RD) to accept or to deny your claim.  The RD will explain the basis for the proposed decision to accept or deny.  The RD will be forwarded to the Final Adjudication Branch (FAB) for review and the issuance of a final decision.

• If you disagree with the recommended decision, you may file objections and request a hearing through the Final Adjudication Branch (FAB).  You must file written objections within 60 days from the date of the recommended decision by uploading them to the FAB via the Energy Document Portal at https://eclaimant.dol-esa.gov or by mailing your documents to the FAB at: U.S. Department of Labor, DOL DEEOIC Central Mail Room, PO Box 8306, London, Kentucky 40742-8306.
• If you would like an informal hearing on your objections, you must request a hearing when you file your objections.  The hearing will give you an opportunity to present both oral testimony and written evidence in support of your claim.  If you do not request a hearing with your objections, the FAB will consider your objections through a review of the written record, which will also give you the opportunity to present written evidence in support of your claim.
• If you fail to file any objections to the recommended decision within the 60-day period, the FAB will review your recommended decision and the case file evidence, and your right to challenge it will be waived for all purposes. 

• If you agree with the recommended decision and wish for it to be affirmed in a final decision without change, you may submit a written statement waiving your right to object to it to the Final Adjudication Branch (FAB).  This action allows the FAB to issue a final decision on your claim before the end of the 60-day period for filing objections.  If you wish to object to only part of the recommended decision and waive objections to the remaining parts of the decision, you may do so.  In that situation, the FAB may issue a final decision affirming the parts of the recommended decision to which you do not object.

• If you disagree with any part of the FAB’s final decision denying the claim, you may request reconsideration.  You must make the request within 30 days of the date of issuance of the final decision and clearly state the grounds upon which you are requesting reconsideration.  A FAB representative, specifically, who has not had prior involvement with your claim, will review your request.
• You may also request a reopening of your claim at any time following a final decision.  If you have new evidence which refutes the FAB’s findings, you may request a reopening of the claim.  For example, if FAB denied the claim because covered employment under the EEOICPA was not established and you have new evidence of covered employment or exposure to a toxic substance, you may request a reopening of the claim.  If FAB denied the claim because cancer was not causally-related to the work-related exposure to radiation, and you can identify either a change in the probability of causation guidelines, a change in the dose reconstruction method, or an addition of a class of employees to the Special Exposure Cohort, you may request a reopening of the claim.  Requests to reopen the claim must be in writing and sent, along with supporting information, to the DOL DEEOIC Central Mail Room, PO Box 8306, London, Kentucky 40742-8306.
• A FAB final decision may also be appealed to federal court.

• The application form is available on our website https://www.env.nm.gov/rcb/radiation-safety-related-services/

• Anybody who provides radiation-related services in the state of New Mexico must register with the Bureau prior to providing radiological services.

• Our most common radiological service providers are X-Ray Machine Installation, Servicing, & Maintenance, and Medical Physicists.

• The regulation stipulating training and experience requirements (NMAC 20.3.2.204), is currently undergoing legal review. Alternative qualification for medical physicists (i.e. a combination of training and experience) is not being accepted for new medical physicists at this time. Medical Physicists must be board-certified in order to qualify for a registration in the State of New Mexico.

• Only certain registrations may register under the name of a company. This includes service and installation companies and dosimetry. Medical Physicists and Health Physicists must register under the name of the individual and not under the company.

• Thank you for your interest in working in New Mexico! You need to register with the State of New Mexico. Here is a link to our X-Ray and Radiation Machine Registration Form. After completing the form it can be submitted here RCB.XRAYMachines@env.nm.gov.

• Also, where is this form? X-Ray and Radiation Machine Registration Form(pdf). This PDF can be found at Radiation Machines.

• We hope to have the registration process to be completed in about under 2 weeks! 

• To remove an x-ray machine from your current registration or if you are replacing an existing machine with a new one, the bureau should is required to  be notified within 15 days. This notice should include:  
  • Where the machine went. 
  • The manufacturer, model and serial number of the machine. 
  • And the date the machine was disposed of or transferred. 

• The bureau must be notified of the transfer or disposal of all registered x-ray machines. Like the question above the bureau will need to be informed of what is happening to the x-ray machines.

• If an additional copy of the registration is needed, please submit your request with the registration name and/or number to RCB.XRAYMachines@env.nm.gov.

• Currently there are nor registration fees for registration of x-ray machines in New Mexico.

• Yes, please use here is our Change of Control and/or Change of Ownership Form and submit it to RCB.XRAYMachines@env.nm.gov. 

• It involves measuring the distances from the x-ray source to the walls of the room, what the walls are made of,  and what is on the other side of these walls,. Then some technical aspects of the x-ray machine itself and the amount and type of workload proposed.  
• Usually, registrants will require the aid from one of New Mexico’s Qualified Medical Physicists specializing in these types of calculations. A copy of current qualified physicists for shielding design help can be obtained by submitting a request to RCB.XRAYMachines@env.nm.gov.