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Subtitle 1 - Definitions; General Provisions
Section 5-101 - Definitions - (a) In this title the following words have the meanings...
Section 5-102 - Legislative Policy - (a) The General Assembly finds that: (1) personal injuries and...
Section 5-103 - Scope of Title - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...
Section 5-104 - General Duties of Employers and Employees - (a) Each employer shall provide each employee of the employer...
Subtitle 2 - Administration and Enforcement
Section 5-201 - Responsibility of Commissioner - The Commissioner shall have the power and authority to administer...
Section 5-202 - Delegation - (a) The Commissioner may delegate to the assistant commissioner for...
Section 5-203 - Deputies for Inspection of Excavation Work - (a) To inspect excavation work for the Commissioner, the Commissioner...
Section 5-204 - Cost of Administration - (a) (1) The proposed budget of the Division of Labor...
Section 5-205 - General Powers and Duties - (a) To carry out a duty or exercise a power...
Section 5-206 - Occupational Safety and Health Programs for Public Bodies - (a) The Commissioner shall provide for and maintain a comprehensive...
Section 5-207 - Power of Attorney General - On request of the Commissioner, the Attorney General may proceed...
Section 5-208 - Inspections - (a) The Commissioner or authorized representative of the Commissioner may...
Section 5-209 - Request for Inspection by or for Employee - (a) An employee or authorized representative of employees may request...
Section 5-210 - Notice Prohibiting Use of Apparatus - (a) In this section, “apparatus” means any apparatus, device, machinery,...
Section 5-211 - Administrative Search Warrant - (a) Whenever an individual who is authorized to inspect property...
Section 5-212 - Citations - (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this...
Section 5-213 - Enforcement of Citation - (a) Within a reasonable time after issuance of a citation...
Section 5-214 - Hearings - (a) The Commissioner shall grant a hearing, if practicable, within...
Section 5-215 - Judicial Review and Enforcement - (a) (1) A person adversely affected or aggrieved by any...
Section 5-216 - Injunctive Relief Against Imminent Danger - (a) If an authorized representative of the Commissioner concludes that...
Section 5-217 - Protection of Trade Secrets - (a) In this section, “trade secret” means a device, formula,...
Subtitle 3 - Regulations
Part I - Occupational Safety and Health Advisory Board
Section 5-301 - "Board" Defined - In this subtitle, “Board” means the Occupational Safety and Health...
Section 5-302 - Established - There is an Occupational Safety and Health Advisory Board in...
Section 5-303 - Membership - (a) (1) The Board consists of the following 12 members:...
Section 5-304 - Chairman - From among the public members of the Board, the Commissioner...
Section 5-305 - Voting; Meetings; Compensation - (a) The Commissioner may not vote. (b) The Board shall...
Section 5-306 - Termination of Part I - Subject to the evaluation and reestablishment provisions of the Maryland...
Part II - Adoption of Regulations by Commissioner
Section 5-308 - General Responsibility of Board - The Board shall advise, consult with, propose, and recommend to...
Section 5-308.1 - Regulations to Implement Bloodborne Pathogen Standard; Notice Regarding Modifications - (a) The Commissioner, in consultation with the Secretary of Health,...
Section 5-309 - Requirements for Standards - (a) The Board shall propose or recommend occupational safety and...
Section 5-310 - Bases for Recommendation of Board - (a) (1) The Board may ask for and the Commissioner...
Section 5-311 - Report to Commissioner - The Board shall submit to the Commissioner, with each recommendation...
Section 5-312 - Decision by Commissioner; Adoption - (a) To adopt a proposed regulation, the Commissioner shall comply...
Section 5-313 - Delayed Effective Date - The Commissioner may delay the effective date of a regulation...
Section 5-314 - Emergency Adoption - (a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section,...
Section 5-315 - Copies of Regulations - (a) The Commissioner shall keep in the office of the...
Part III - Variances
Section 5-318 - Application by Employer - An employer who is affected by a regulation adopted to...
Section 5-319 - Time for Application for Temporary Variance - An applicant for a temporary variance shall apply before the...
Section 5-320 - Contents of Application for Temporary Variance - An application for a temporary variance shall: (1) specify the...
Section 5-321 - Notice to Employees - (a) An applicant for a temporary variance shall: (1) give...
Section 5-322 - Hearing; Inspection - (a) The Commissioner shall hold a hearing on an application...
Section 5-323 - Minimum Requirements for Issuance - (a) To qualify for a temporary variance, an applicant shall...
Section 5-324 - Interim Order for Temporary Variance - (a) The Commissioner may pass 1 interim order for a...
Section 5-325 - Order - (a) (1) The Commissioner shall pass an order that grants...
Section 5-326 - Term and Renewal of Temporary Variance - (a) Unless an order for a temporary variance from a...
Section 5-327 - Modification or Revocation of Permanent Variance - (a) The Commissioner may modify or revoke a permanent variance...
Section 5-328 - Regulations - The Commissioner shall adopt regulations that provide: (1) for a...
Subtitle 4 - Access to Information About Hazardous and Toxic Substances
Section 5-401 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...
Section 5-402 - Scope of Subtitle - Sections 5-404 through 5-409 of this subtitle do not apply...
Section 5-403 - Application of Federal Standard - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, an employer,...
Section 5-404 - Waiver of a Right - (a) An employer may not ask or require an employee...
Section 5-405 - Chemical Information List - (a) This section does not apply to a consumer product...
Section 5-407 - Request for Information - (a) (1) An employee or designated representative may ask an...
Section 5-408 - Exchange of Information by Contractor and Employer - (a) An independent contractor to whom this subtitle applies or...
Section 5-409 - Information for Fire Control - (a) In this section, “fire department official”: (1) means an...
Section 5-410 - Nonapplicability of Criminal Penalty - The criminal penalty under § 5-804 of this title does...
Subtitle 5 - Training of Power Equipment Operators
Section 5-501 - "Power Equipment" Defined - (a) In this subtitle, “power equipment” means: (1) a backhoe;...
Section 5-502 - Scope of Subtitle - This subtitle does not apply to an employer with fewer...
Section 5-503 - Responsibilities of Employer - (a) Each employer that hires employees to operate power equipment...
Section 5-504 - Licensing Not Required - This subtitle may not be construed to allow or require...
Section 5-505 - Nonapplicability of Certain Prohibitions and Criminal Penalties - Sections 5-804, 5-805, and 5-806 of this title do not...
Subtitle 6 - Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 5-601 - Asbestos Protective Clothing - (a) The General Assembly finds that: (1) exposure to asbestos,...
Section 5-602 - Work in Confined Spaces - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...
Section 5-603 - Work in Manholes - (a) (1) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this...
Section 5-604 - Discrimination Against Employee - (a) (1) An employer or other person may not discharge...
Section 5-605 - Ridesharing - (a) Each employer is encouraged to provide information and incentives...
Section 5-606 - Sanitary Sewer Lines - (a) Upon installation of a sanitary sewer line in the...
Section 5-608 - Smoking Prohibited - (a) Except as provided in § 24–505 of the Health...
Subtitle 7 - Records and Reports
Section 5-701 - Toxic Materials and Harmful Agents - (a) The Commissioner may require, by regulation, that an employer:...
Section 5-702 - Record and Report of Accidents - (a) The Commissioner may require, by regulation, that an employer...
Section 5-703 - Records for Enforcement - (a) The Commissioner may require, by regulation, that an employer...
Section 5-704 - Reports - The Commissioner may require, by regulation, that an employer submit...
Subtitle 8 - Prohibited Acts; Penalties
Part I - Scope of Subtitle
Section 5-801 - Public Body - The penalties in this subtitle do not apply to a...
Part II - Prohibited Acts; Criminal Penalties
Section 5-804 - False Representations and Statements - (a) A person may not knowingly make a false certification,...
Section 5-805 - Advance Notice of Inspections - (a) Unless the Commissioner or an authorized representative of the...
Section 5-806 - Willful Violation Causing Death - If an employer willfully violates any provision of this title,...
Part III - Civil Penalties
Section 5-809 - Assessment of Penalty - (a) (1) For the purpose of this subsection, a violation...
Section 5-810 - Amount of Civil Penalty - (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this...
Section 5-811 - Collection of Civil Penalties - (a) If a civil penalty that is assessed under this...
Section 5-812 - Disposition - Each civil penalty under this title shall be paid into...
Subtitle 9 - Short Title
Section 5-901 - Short Title - This title may be cited as the “Maryland Occupational Safety...
Subtitle 10 - Voluntary Protection Program
Section 5-1001 - "Program" Defined - In this subtitle, “Program” means the Voluntary Protection Program established...
Section 5-1002 - General Consideration - (a) (1) There is a Voluntary Protection Program in the...
Section 5-1003 - Evaluations; Compliance; Exemptions - (a) In evaluating an employer’s application for participation in the...
Section 5-1004 - Regulations - (a) The Commissioner shall adopt regulations to implement the Program....
Subtitle 11 - Health Care Facilities -- Workplace Safety Program
Section 5-1101 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...
Section 5-1102 - Workplace Safety Committee - (a) A health care facility shall establish a workplace safety...
Section 5-1103 - Workplace Safety Program - (a) The workplace safety committee shall establish a workplace safety...
Subtitle 12 - Heat Stress Standards
Section 5-1201 - Adoption of Regulations Protecting Employees From Heat-Related Illness Caused by Heat Stress - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...