Radiation Health Unit

Welcome to the Radiation Health website.

Radiation Health is the government's radiation safety agency. It has statewide policy, licensing and legislative responsibility for radiation health standards and radiation safety. Radiation Health is a unit within the division of the Chief Health Officer and it provides scientific and technical advice to all Queenslanders on all ionising and non-ionising radiation safety matters in the interest of minimising health risks and protection of the environment.

Radiation Health administers Queensland's Radiation Safety Act 1999 and the Radiation Safety Regulation 1999, which regulates some sources of ionising radiation and laser apparatus.

For information on licence application time frames, please use the following link: Licence application processing time frames.

Please contact Radiation Health if you would like to discuss any of the information on this website, or if you require any further information.

Last Updated: 17 January 2007
Last Reviewed: 17 January 2007