ยง 4804. Outreach programs. 1. The department may develop and implement
outreach programs to inform employees of their right to information
regarding the toxic effects and circumstances under which these effects
are produced by toxic substances found in the course of employment.
2. The department is authorized and empowered to enter into
contractual agreements with public and private organizations to develop
and implement such an outreach program.
3. As part of the outreach program, health officials may maintain a
supply of informational leaflets in public buildings, including but not
limited to local employment services offices of the department of labor,
institutions and facilities under the supervision or control of the
department of health, hospitals, union halls, community centers, schools
and local agencies providing services to employers and employees to help
insure that such persons are informed of the toxic substance information
program. The department shall periodically distribute to newspapers,
television and radio stations throughout the state public service
announcements describing the toxic substance information outreach
program.
4. The department of health shall develop informational leaflets
concerning the toxic substance information program in cooperation with
the industrial commissioner. The industrial commissioner may mail such
leaflets to employers.