Exemptions

No application fees, license fees, amendment fees, renewal fees, or special project fees, shall be required for: 1. A license authorizing the use of source material as shielding only in devices and containers provided; however, that all other licensed byproduct material, naturally occurring or accelerator-produced radioactive material, source material, or special nuclear material in the device or container will be subject to the fees prescribed in appendix A of this chapter. 2. Nonprofit educational institutions are exempt from the fees prescribed in appendices A and B of this chapter. This exemption does not apply to those radioactive material licenses or machine registration certificates which authorize any of the following: a. Human use. b. Remunerated services to other persons. c. Distribution of byproduct material, naturally occurring or accelerator-produced radioactive material, source material, or special nuclear material, or products containing byproduct material, naturally occurring or accelerator-produced radioactive material, source material, or special nuclear material. d. Activities performed under a government contract. 3. The department may, upon application by an interested person, or upon its own initiative, grant such exemptions from the requirements of this chapter as it determines are authorized by law and are otherwise in the public interest.