Okla. Stat. tit. 27A, § 27A-2-9-103

Application of act - Agreements with United States Nuclear

Regulatory Commission.

A. The Department of Environmental Quality is hereby designated

as the official agency of the State of Oklahoma for all regulatory

activities for the use of atomic energy and sources of radiation,

except for the use of sources of radiation by diagnostic x-ray

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facilities, and shall act as the coordinating agency for the purpose

of cooperating with other states, the United States Public Health

Service, and the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and

other federal agencies in the administration of programs relating to

atomic energy and sources of radiation, available to the State of

Oklahoma under federal laws; and it shall encourage, participate in,

and conduct investigations, training and demonstrations relating to

constructive uses of radiation and the prevention and control of its

associated harmful effects, the control of radiation hazards, the

measurement of radiation, the effects to health on exposure to

radiation, and related problems.

B. Nothing in this article shall interfere with the doctor-

patient relationship of any practitioner of the healing arts; nor

shall anything in this act prohibit a licensed practitioner of the

healing arts, or an individual under the direction of such licensed

practitioner, from using X-rays or fluoroscopes for diagnostic

purposes, as authorized under the specific licensing act for the

practitioner and other law.

C. The Governor, on behalf of this state, may enter into

agreements with the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

pursuant to Section 274b of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as

amended, providing for discontinuance of specified responsibilities

of the federal government and for the assumption thereof by this

state with respect to byproduct material, special nuclear material,

and sources of radiation.

D. Any person who, on the effective date of an agreement under

subsection C of this section, possesses a license which is subject

to that agreement and which is issued by the United States Nuclear

Regulatory Commission for radioactive materials, shall be deemed to

possess a like license issued under the Radiation Management Act.

Such license shall expire on the date of expiration specified in the

federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission license.