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420 ILCS 56/15

    (420 ILCS 56/15)
    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 103-569)
    Sec. 15. Definitions. For the purposes of this Act, unless the context requires otherwise:
    "Agency" means the Illinois Emergency Management Agency.
    "Director" means the Director of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency.
    "FDA" means the Food and Drug Administration of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

"Laser installation" means a location or facility where laser systems are produced, stored, disposed of, or used for any purpose. "Laser installation" does not include any private residence.

"Laser installation operator" means an individual, group of individuals, partnership, firm, corporation, association, or other entity conducting any business or activity within a laser installation.

"Laser machine" means a device that is capable of producing or projecting laser radiation when associated controlled devices are operated.

"Laser radiation" means an electromagnetic radiation emitted from a laser system and includes all reflected radiation, any secondary radiation, or other forms of energy resulting from the primary laser beam.

"Laser safety officer" means an individual who is qualified by training and experience in the evaluation and control of laser hazards, as evidenced by satisfaction of the training and experience requirements adopted by the Agency under subsection (b) of Section 16, and who is designated, where required by Sections 16 and 17, by a laser installation operator or temporary laser display operator to have the authority and responsibility to establish and administer a laser radiation protection program for a particular laser installation or temporary laser display.

"Laser system" means a device, laser projector, laser machine, equipment, or other apparatus that applies a source of energy to a gas, liquid, crystal, or other solid substances or combination thereof in a manner that electromagnetic radiations of a relatively uniform wave length are amplified and emitted in a cohesive beam capable of transmitting the energy developed in a manner that may be harmful to living tissues, including, but not limited to, electromagnetic waves in the range of visible, infrared, or ultraviolet light. Such systems in schools, colleges, occupational schools, and State colleges and other State institutions are also included in the definition of "laser systems". "Laser system" includes laser machines but does not include any device, machine, equipment, or other apparatus used in the provision of communications through fiber optic cable.

"Temporary laser display" means a visual effect display created for a limited period of time at a laser installation by a laser system that is not a permanent fixture in the laser installation for the entertainment of the public or invitees, regardless of whether admission is charged or whether the laser display takes place indoors or outdoors.

"Temporary laser display operator" means an individual, group of individuals, partnership, firm, corporation, association, or other entity conducting a temporary laser display at a laser installation.

(Source: P.A. 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 103-277, eff. 7-28-23.)

    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 103-569)
    Sec. 15. Definitions. For the purposes of this Act, unless the context requires otherwise:

"Agency" or "IEMA-OHS" means the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security, or its successor agency.

    "Director" means the Director of the Agency.
    "FDA" means the Food and Drug Administration of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

"Laser installation" means a location or facility where laser systems are produced, stored, disposed of, or used for any purpose. "Laser installation" does not include any private residence.

"Laser installation operator" means an individual, group of individuals, partnership, firm, corporation, association, or other entity conducting any business or activity within a laser installation.

"Laser machine" means a device that is capable of producing or projecting laser radiation when associated controlled devices are operated.

"Laser radiation" means an electromagnetic radiation emitted from a laser system and includes all reflected radiation, any secondary radiation, or other forms of energy resulting from the primary laser beam.

"Laser safety officer" means an individual who is qualified by training and experience in the evaluation and control of laser hazards, as evidenced by satisfaction of the training and experience requirements adopted by the Agency under subsection (b) of Section 16, and who is designated, where required by Sections 16 and 17, by a laser installation operator or temporary laser display operator to have the authority and responsibility to establish and administer a laser radiation protection program for a particular laser installation or temporary laser display.

"Laser system" means a device, laser projector, laser machine, equipment, or other apparatus that applies a source of energy to a gas, liquid, crystal, or other solid substances or combination thereof in a manner that electromagnetic radiations of a relatively uniform wave length are amplified and emitted in a cohesive beam capable of transmitting the energy developed in a manner that may be harmful to living tissues, including, but not limited to, electromagnetic waves in the range of visible, infrared, or ultraviolet light. Such systems in schools, colleges, occupational schools, and State colleges and other State institutions are also included in the definition of "laser systems". "Laser system" includes laser machines but does not include any device, machine, equipment, or other apparatus used in the provision of communications through fiber optic cable.

"Nuclear facilities" means nuclear power plants, facilities housing nuclear test and research reactors, facilities for the chemical conversion of uranium, and facilities for the storage of spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste.

"Nuclear power plant" or "nuclear steam-generating facility" means a thermal power plant in which the energy (heat) released by the fissioning of nuclear fuel is used to boil water to produce steam.

"Nuclear power reactor" means an apparatus, other than an atomic weapon, designed or used to sustain nuclear fission in a self-supporting chain reaction.

"Small modular reactor" or "SMR" means an advanced nuclear reactor: (1) with a rated nameplate capacity of 300 electrical megawatts or less; and (2) that may be constructed and operated in combination with similar reactors at a single site.

"Temporary laser display" means a visual effect display created for a limited period of time at a laser installation by a laser system that is not a permanent fixture in the laser installation for the entertainment of the public or invitees, regardless of whether admission is charged or whether the laser display takes place indoors or outdoors.

"Temporary laser display operator" means an individual, group of individuals, partnership, firm, corporation, association, or other entity conducting a temporary laser display at a laser installation.

(Source: P.A. 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 103-277, eff. 7-28-23; 103-569, eff. 6-1-24.)