Law of Azerbaijan Republic "About radiation safety of the population",

on December 30, 1997

The law consists of 6 chapters and 28 articles. It defines legal bases of safety of activity on sites affected by radiation, protection from radiating danger and protection of public health , and also legal settlement in the field of maintenance of radiating safety.
In 1-st section of the law the basic principles (substantiation, optimization) maintenance of radiating safety are stated, basic conditions in maintenance of radiation safety in time of radiation failure are determined. In this section for maintenance of radiating safety realization of the complex of measures organization-legal, nonproduction, sanitary-hygienic, medico-preventive, instructive and education of character means.
In the second section of the law the rights and responsibilities of state and local bodies of self-management in the field of maintenance of radiating safety are determined.
The third section of the law covers of state management and control in the field of radiating safety. The state programs and specifications in the field of maintenance of radiating safety, activity, connected to use of ionizing radiation sources and the public control in the field of maintenance radiation safety are here reflected. One of the important questions 3-rd sections is the statement of the rights of the public control in the field of maintenance of radiating safety.
Is shown, that according to the legislation the public organizations have the right will carry out the public control on observance of norms, rules and norms in the enterprises and organizations, working in the field of maintenance of radiating safety.
The fourth chapter of the law covers of the requirement in maintenance of radiating safety. A main problem is an estimation of conditions of radiating safety and maintenance of radiating safety during manufacture and use of food products, and also during the medical X-ray-radiological procedures.
The fifth chapter of the law refers to the " Maintenance of radiating safety during radiating failures ". In this chapter security measures for population and workers (personnel) are reflected under radiation failures.
In 22 articles of the law is shown, that the legal and physical persons, not carrying out and breaking requirements for maintenance of radiating safety are subject for administrative, financially - legal and criminal responsibility.
In the sixth chapter of the law the rights and responsibilities of the population and public associations in the field of maintenance of radiating safety are determined. In this connection in 24-th articles is stressed, that the population and the public associations have the right to receive objective information about the radiating conditions and measures on maintenance of radiating safety from the enterprises and organizations, using sources ionizing of radiation.