Massachusetts General Laws
Chapter 111f - Hazardous Substances Disclosure by Employers
Section 19 - Material Safety Data Sheets; Release to Municipal Officials

Section 19. A municipal coordinator who has obtained an MSDS from an employer pursuant to section sixteen may make available to another municipal official for the city or town in which the workplace of the employer is located, a copy of an MSDS, if he determines that an imminent threat to public health or safety exists for which immediate access to information contained in the MSDS is critical to that other municipal official's performance of a duty imposed by statute, regulation, ordinance, or by-law. The municipal coordinator shall so inform the employer of the release of the MSDS to another municipal official.

Structure Massachusetts General Laws

Massachusetts General Laws

Part I - Administration of the Government

Title XVI - Public Health

Chapter 111f - Hazardous Substances Disclosure by Employers

Section 1 - Definitions

Section 2 - Administrative Responsibilities; Rules and Regulations; Promulgation

Section 3 - Violations; Investigations; Notice; Findings; Elimination of Violations; Orders; Review; Penalties

Section 4 - Substance List; Amendment Procedures; Concentration Requirements for Toxic or Hazardous Substances; Dissemination of Information

Section 5 - Material Safety Data Sheets; Trade Secret Claims; Disclosure

Section 6 - Research Laboratories; Exemption

Section 7 - Containers; Labels

Section 8 - Material Safety Data Sheets; Preparation; Revision

Section 9 - Material Safety Data Sheets; Obligation to Provide to Purchaser

Section 10 - Material Safety Data Sheets; Mixtures

Section 11 - Material Safety Data Sheets; Employers' Duties; Employee's Right to Examine

Section 12 - Material Safety Data Sheets; Examination by Employee's Physician; Disclosure of Information

Section 13 - Discrimination Against Employees Exercising Rights Under This Chapter; Complaint; Investigation; Hearing; Review

Section 14 - Records; Examination; Copying

Section 15 - Instruction on Nature and Effects of Toxic or Hazardous Substances to Employees

Section 16 - Material Safety Data Sheets; Filing Copies

Section 17 - Material Safety Data Sheets; Requests for Copies

Section 18 - Endangerment of Public Health or Safety; Investigation; Findings; Review

Section 19 - Material Safety Data Sheets; Release to Municipal Officials

Section 20 - Material Safety Data Sheets, Release to Treating Physician; Confidentiality Agreement

Section 21 - Disclosure of Information; Public Record; Penalties