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338.051 Kentucky Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board -Membership -- Terms -- Chairman -- Meetings -- Quorum -- Regulations -Compensation.
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There is hereby established the Kentucky Occupational Safety and Health Standards
Board consisting of the secretary and twelve (12) members equally representing
industry, labor, agriculture, and the safety and health profession. The members shall
be appointed by the Governor for terms of three (3) years and until their successors
are appointed and qualified, from lists of nominees submitted by bona fide
associations representative of industry, labor, agriculture, and the safety and health
profession. Members shall receive twenty-five dollars ($25) per day for attending
each meeting and shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in carrying out
their duties. The secretary shall act as chairman of the board. No member of the
board may have a concurrent term on the review commission.
The board shall hold annual meetings and additional meetings as needed. A
majority of the board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.
The board shall adopt and promulgate occupational safety and health rules,
regulations, and standards, except that the chairman of the board may adopt
established federal standards without board approval if necessary to meet federal
time requirements. The board shall secure all expertise, testimony, and evidence
necessary to accomplish the purposes of this chapter.
The board shall be attached to the Labor Cabinet for administrative purposes.
Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 1754, effective July 15, 2010. -Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 89, sec. 1, effective July 12, 2006. -- Amended 1984
Ky. Acts ch. 414, sec. 19, effective July 13, 1984. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts
ch. 378, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1982. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 154, sec. 37,
effective June 17, 1978. -- Created 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 251, sec. 6.
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