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
Part I - Administration of the Government
Chapter 111f - Hazardous Substances Disclosure by Employers
Section 2 - Administrative Responsibilities; Rules and Regulations; Promulgation
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 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