617.140 - “Silicosis” defined.

617.140  “Silicosis” defined.  “Silicosis” shall mean a disease of the lungs caused by breathing silica dust (silicon dioxide) producing fibrous nodules, distributed through the lungs and demonstrated by X-ray examination or by autopsy.

      [Part 26:44:1947; A 1949, 365; 1953, 297]