Texas Health And Safety Code Title 6, Chapter 502 - Hazard Communication Act

• Texas Section 502.001 - Short Title
  This chapter may be cited as the Hazard Communication Act. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts...
• Texas Section 502.002 - Findings; Purpose
  (a) The legislature finds that: (1) the health and safety of persons working in this state may be improved by providing access to information regarding...
• Texas Section 502.0021 - Federal Laws And Regulations
  In this chapter, a reference to a federal law or regulation means a reference to the most current version of that law or regulation. Added...
• Texas Section 502.003 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Article" means a manufactured item: (A) that is formed to a specific shape or design during manufacture; (B) that has end-use...
• Texas Section 502.004 - Applicability Of Chapter
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), this chapter applies only to employers who are not required to comply with the OSHA standard, the Federal...
• Texas Section 502.005 - Workplace Chemical List
  (a) For the purpose of worker right-to-know, an employer shall compile and maintain a workplace chemical list that contains the following information for each hazardous...
• Texas Section 502.006 - Safety Data Sheet
  (a) A chemical manufacturer or distributor shall provide appropriate safety data sheets to employers who acquire hazardous chemicals in this state with each initial shipment...
• Texas Section 502.007 - Label
  (a) A label on an existing container of a hazardous chemical may not be removed or defaced unless it is illegible, inaccurate, or does not...
• Texas Section 502.008 - Outreach Program
  (a) The department shall develop an outreach program that: (1) consists of an education and training program in the form of instructional materials to assist...
• Texas Section 502.009 - Employee Education Program
  (a) An employer shall provide an education and training program for employees who use or handle hazardous chemicals. (b) An employer shall develop, implement, and...
• Texas Section 502.010 - Liability Under Other Law
  Providing information to an employee does not affect: (1) the liability of an employer with regard to the health and safety of an employee or...
• Texas Section 502.011 - Complaints And Investigations
  (a) The department or the department's representative shall investigate in a timely manner a complaint received in writing from an employee or an employee's designated...
• Texas Section 502.012 - Reporting Fatalities And Injuries
  (a) Within 48 hours after the occurrence of an employee accident that directly or indirectly involves chemical exposure or that involves asphyxiation, and that is...
• Texas Section 502.014 - Administrative Penalty
  (a) The department may assess an administrative penalty against an employer who violates this chapter, department rules adopted under this chapter, or an order issued...
• Texas Section 502.0141 - Administrative Penalty Assessment Procedure
  (a) An administrative penalty may be assessed only after an employer charged with a violation is given an opportunity for a hearing. (b) If a...
• Texas Section 502.0142 - Payment Of Administrative Penalty; Judicial Review
  (a) Not later than the 30th day after the date an order finding that a violation has occurred is issued, the department shall inform the...
• Texas Section 502.015 - Civil Penalty; Injunction
  (a) If it appears that an employer has violated, is violating, or is threatening to violate this chapter or any rule adopted or order issued...
• Texas Section 502.016 - Criminal Penalty
  An employer who is required to disclose hazard information under this chapter and who proximately causes an occupational disease or injury to an individual by...
• Texas Section 502.017 - Employee Notice; Rights Of Employees
  (a) An employer shall post and maintain adequate notice, at locations where notices are normally posted, informing employees of their rights under this chapter. If...
• Texas Section 502.018 - Standard For Physician Treatment
  For the purposes of this chapter, the requirements in the OSHA standard for physicians treating employees (29 CFR Section 1910.1200(i)) apply to physicians treating persons....
• Texas Section 502.019 - Rules
  The executive commissioner may adopt rules and administrative procedures reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678,...
• Texas Section 502.020 - Workplace Safety For Inmates
  A person imprisoned in a facility operated by or for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice is not an employee for the purposes of this...

Last modified: September 28, 2016