(a) The reports required by subdivision (a) of Section 6409 and Section 6413 shall be made in the form and detail and within the time limits prescribed by reasonable rules and regulations adopted by the Department of Industrial Relations in accordance with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
(b) Nothing in this chapter requiring recordkeeping and reporting by employers shall relieve the employer of maintaining records and making reports to the assistant secretary, United States Department of Labor, as required under the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (P.L. 91-596). The Division of Occupational Safety and Health shall prescribe and provide the forms necessary for maintenance of the required records, and shall enforce by citation and penalty assessment any violation of the recordkeeping requirements of this chapter.
(c) All state and local government employers shall maintain records and make reports in the same manner and to the same extent as required of other employers by this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 46, Sec. 111. (SB 1038) Effective June 27, 2012.)
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