California Labor Code CHAPTER 6 - Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board

• Section 140.
  (a) There is in the Department of Industrial Relations, the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board which consists of seven members who shall be appointed by...
• Section 141.
  (a) The terms of office of the members of the board shall be four years and they shall hold office until the appointment and qualification of...
• Section 142.
  The Division of Occupational Safety and Health shall enforce all occupational safety and health standards adopted pursuant to this chapter, and those heretofore adopted by...
• Section 142.1.
  The board shall meet at least monthly. The meetings shall be rotated throughout the state at locations designated by the chairman. All meetings held by...
• Section 142.2.
  At each of its meetings, the board shall make time available to interested persons to propose new or revised orders or standards appropriate for adoption...
• Section 142.3.
  (a) (1) The board, by an affirmative vote of at least four members, may adopt, amend or repeal occupational safety and health standards and orders. The board...
• Section 142.4.
  (a) Occupational safety and health standards and orders shall be adopted, amended, or repealed as provided in Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1...
• Section 142.7.
  (a) On or before October 1, 1987, the board shall adopt an occupational safety and health standard concerning hazardous substance removal work, so as to protect...
• Section 143.
  (a) Any employer may apply to the board for a permanent variance from an occupational safety and health standard, order, special order, or portion thereof, upon...
• Section 143.1.
  The board shall conduct hearings on such requests for a permanent variance after employees or employee representatives are properly notified and given an opportunity to...
• Section 143.2.
  The board, acting as a whole, may adopt, amend, or repeal rules of practice and procedure pertaining to hearings on applications for permanent variances, variance...
• Section 144.
  (a) The authority of any agency, department, division, bureau or any other political subdivision other than the Division of Occupational Safety and Health to assist in...
• Section 144.5.
  (a) The Division of Occupational Safety and Health in connection with the enforcement of occupational safety and health standards adopted pursuant to this chapter shall do...
• Section 144.6.
  In promulgating standards dealing with toxic materials or harmful physical agents, the board shall adopt that standard which most adequately assures, to the extent feasible,...
• Section 144.7.
  (a) The board shall, no later than January 15, 1999, adopt an emergency regulation revising the bloodborne pathogen standard currently set forth in Section 5193 of...
• Section 144.8.
  (a) As used in this section the following definitions shall apply:(1) “Antineoplastic drug” means a chemotherapeutic agent that controls or kills cancer cells.(2) “NIOSH” means the National Institute...
• Section 145.
  The board may employ necessary assistants, officers, experts, and such other employees as it deems necessary. All such personnel of the board shall be under...
• Section 145.1.
  The board and its duly authorized representatives in the performance of its duties shall have the powers of a head of a department as set...
• Section 146.
  In the conduct of hearings related to permanent variances, the board and its representatives are not bound by common law or statutory rules of evidence...
• Section 147.
  The board shall refer to the Division of Occupational Safety and Health for evaluation any proposed occupational safety or health standard or variance from adopted...
• Section 147.1.
  In connection with the development and promulgation of occupational health standards the Division of Occupational Safety and Health shall perform all of the following functions:(a) Analyze...
• Section 147.2.
  (a) As used in this section, “Hazard Evaluation System and Information Service” or “HESIS” means the repository established pursuant to subdivision (b).(b) In accordance with Chapter 2...
• Section 147.4.
  (a) By January 1, 2016, the department shall convene an advisory committee to evaluate whether changes are needed to align the general industry safety orders in...
• Section 147.5.
  (a) By January 1, 2017, the Division of Occupational Safety and Health shall convene an advisory committee to evaluate whether there is a need to develop...
• Section 147.6.
  (a) By March 1, 2018, the Division of Occupational Safety and Health shall convene an advisory committee to evaluate whether there is a need to develop...

Last modified: October 22, 2018