§ 28-20-22. Code commission for occupational safety and health — Composition, appointment, terms, and removal of members.
There is created within the department of labor and training a code commission for occupational safety and health, consisting of five (5) members, of whom two (2) shall represent industry, two (2) shall represent labor, and one shall represent the public and shall serve as chairperson of the commission. The representatives of industry shall be appointed by the director after he or she has consulted with representatives of industrial, commercial, and trade groups and associations in this state. The representatives of labor shall be appointed by the director after he or she has consulted with representatives of labor organizations in this state. The public representative shall be nominated jointly by the representatives of labor and industry. If the representatives of labor and industry have not nominated a public representative within thirty (30) days after their appointment, then the director shall instead both nominate and appoint the public representative on the commission. The appointment of the members of the commission shall be made by the director with the approval of the governor for a term of five (5) years. For their initial appointment, the representatives of industry shall be appointed for terms of one year and three (3) years, respectively; the representatives of labor shall be appointed for terms of two (2) years and four (4) years, respectively; and the public representative shall be appointed for a term of five (5) years. Vacancies shall be filled by appointments made in the same manner as the original appointments. A member of the commission may only be removed by the governor for cause. The director of labor and training and the director of health shall be ex-officio members of the commission, but shall have no vote and shall serve without additional compensation. Each ex-officio member may designate a subordinate from within his or her department as a substitute member of the commission by filing a written notice of that substitution in the office of the secretary of state. The industrial code commission for safety and health is abolished.
History of Section.P.L. 1973, ch. 260, § 2.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations
Chapter 28-20 - Division of Occupational Safety
Section 28-20-1. - Definitions.
Section 28-20-2. - Division of occupational safety.
Section 28-20-2.1. - Video display terminals — Informational brochure — Training programs.
Section 28-20-3. - Annual report.
Section 28-20-4.1. - Adoption of regulations pertaining to HIV and hepatitis.
Section 28-20-5. - Devotion to duties — Assignment of compliance inspectors — Other employment.
Section 28-20-6. - Appropriations.
Section 28-20-7. - Applicability and reports of places of business.
Section 28-20-8. - Employer’s duties.
Section 28-20-9. - Employee’s duties.
Section 28-20-10. - Applicability to state and municipal employees.
Section 28-20-11. - Recordkeeping requirements.
Section 28-20-12. - Inspection powers.
Section 28-20-13. - Inspection of violations.
Section 28-20-14. - Procedures to counteract imminent dangers.
Section 28-20-15. - Prosecution of violations.
Section 28-20-16. - Compliance orders.
Section 28-20-17. - Enforcement procedure.
Section 28-20-18. - Penalties.
Section 28-20-19. - Occupational safety and health review board.
Section 28-20-20. - Judicial review.
Section 28-20-21. - Discrimination on account of complaint.
Section 28-20-23. - Compensation of commission members — Assistance — Appropriations.
Section 28-20-25. - Hearing on codes.
Section 28-20-26. - Effective date of codes and changes.
Section 28-20-27. - Publication of codes and changes — Posting of lists — Notice to employees.
Section 28-20-28. - Temporary codes.
Section 28-20-29. - Granting of variances — Statement of reasons for various actions by director.
Section 28-20-30. - Judicial review of code provisions.
Section 28-20-31. - Notice of judicial review — Rules of practice.
Section 28-20-32. - Confidentiality of trade secrets.
Section 28-20-33. - Other safety and health laws unimpaired.