§ 28-21-6. Access to written records — Availability.
Chemical identification lists required by this chapter as defined in § 28-21-1 and/or material safety data sheets shall be made available upon request for examination and copying to any affected employee or employee representative of employee(s) within three (3) working days of the request, not including weekends or holidays. Upon being informed of the failure of an employer to provide the information as required, the director of the department of labor and training shall within seven (7) days make demand upon the employer for the information, and the employer shall subsequently provide the requesting employee or employee representative and the director of the department of labor and training with the information or copies of it within twenty-four (24) hours of receipt of the demand, not including weekends or holidays. Each annual chemical identification list shall be kept by the employer for a period of thirty (30) years.
History of Section.P.L. 1983, ch. 18, § 1; P.L. 1984, ch. 441, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations
Chapter 28-21 - Hazardous Substances Right-To-Know Act
Section 28-21-1. - Duty of employer.
Section 28-21-2. - Definitions.
Section 28-21-3. - Employer notice requirements — Chemical identification lists.
Section 28-21-4. - Updating of information by employer.
Section 28-21-5. - Fire safety.
Section 28-21-6. - Access to written records — Availability.
Section 28-21-7. - Falsification of information.
Section 28-21-8. - Employee rights.
Section 28-21-9. - Training and education program.
Section 28-21-10. - Trade secrets.
Section 28-21-11. - Exclusions.
Section 28-21-12. - Physician treating employee — Accessibility to designated substances list.
Section 28-21-13. - Enforcement of chapter.
Section 28-21-14. - Duties of the department of labor and training.
Section 28-21-15. - Common law and other statutory rights of liability preserved.
Section 28-21-16. - Funding — Contracts for services — Exemption for copiers — Appeals.
Section 28-21-17. - Penalties.
Section 28-21-19. - Information requirements.
Section 28-21-20. - Severability.
Section 28-21-21. - Permanent commission on hazardous substances in the workplace.