50-3-2007 - Rules and regulations Duties and liabilities of contractors.
50-3-2007. Rules and regulations Duties and liabilities of contractors.
(a) The commissioner may promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, to implement this part.
(b) The commissioner is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to establish dates for filing reports required by this part and forms for making the reports that correspond to the reporting dates and forms required by the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986, compiled in 42 U.S.C. § 11001 et seq.
(c) (1) It is the legislative intention that a contractor or subcontractor who introduces hazardous materials into the workplace shall be construed, solely for the purposes of this part, to be responsible for the contractor's or subcontractor's employees in the workplace.
(2) The commissioner shall promulgate regulations, as needed, to establish the duties and responsibilities of contractors and subcontractors under this part.
(3) Any contractor or subcontractor who introduces hazardous chemicals into the workplace shall provide MSDSs for the chemicals to all other parties to the contract prior to introducing the hazardous chemicals.
[Acts 1985, ch. 417, § 7; 1989, ch. 490, § 1.]