2012 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 31 - Labor
Chapter 557 - Employment Regulation
Section 31-40u - Regulations establishing guidelines for use of video display terminals in state facilities.

Not later than July 1, 1994, the Labor Commissioner, in consultation with the Commissioner of Public Health shall issue guidelines establishing standards for the use of video display terminals by state employees. Such standards shall include, but not be limited to: (1) Maximum time limits that state employees may be required to work with a video display terminal without a rest break and the duration of the rest break; (2) requirements for protective screens or other safety devices; and (3) requirements designed to reduce or eliminate the adverse effects of repetitive motion in connection with the use of such terminals.

(P.A. 93-228, S. 29, 35; 93-381, S. 9, 39; 93-435, S. 59, 95; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)

History: P.A. 93-228 effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-381 and P.A. 93-435 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of public health and addiction services for commissioner and department of health services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.