Georgia Code
Chapter 22 - Public Employee Hazardous Chemical Protection and Right to Know
§ 45-22-7. Material Safety Data Sheets; Notice to Employees; Rights of Employees

History. Code 1981, § 45-22-7 , enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1778, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 1304, §§ 8, 9; Ga. L. 1992, p. 6, § 45; Ga. L. 2015, p. 911, § 4/HB 278; Ga. L. 2016, p. 846, § 45/HB 737.
The 2015 amendment, effective January 1, 2016, in subsection (a), deleted “and provide the direct purchasers of such hazardous chemicals and, upon request, the department, with” following “shall prepare” near the beginning, and added “, and provide a copy of the material safety data sheet to employers who purchase such hazardous chemicals and an electronic copy to the department annually” at the end; added the last sentence in subsection (d); in subsection (e), substituted “he or she” for “If he” at the beginning of paragraph (1), and substituted “The” for “If the” at the beginning of paragraphs (2) and (3); in subsection (g), substituted “such employer shall notify the department of the employer’s inability to obtain such material safety data sheet” for “he shall request the department to obtain such material safety data sheet on his behalf”; substituted “notification” for “request” in subsection (h); inserted “or regulation” following “rule” in subsection (i); inserted “, as such term is defined by rule or regulation” in paragraph (k)(4); and deleted the former next-to-last sentence in subsection (m), which read: “Employers must advise employees that they can obtain further information from the department.”
The 2016 amendment, effective May 3, 2016, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “means” for “shall mean” near the beginning of the second sentence of subsection (f) and made gender neutral changes throughout this Code section.
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1988, “an” was substituted for “a” following “discriminate against” in subsection (l).

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