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Chapter 338 - Occupational safety and health of employees
338.062 Occupational safety and health standards -- Restrictions on adopting, promulgating, or enforcing regulations -- Exemption for public employees.

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KY Rev Stat § 338.062 (2025)
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338.062 Occupational safety and health standards -- Restrictions on adopting, promulgating, or enforcing regulations -- Exemption for public employees. The Kentucky Occupational Safety and Health Standards board, the secretary, the secretary's designee, the commissioner, and the commissioner's authorized representative shall not adopt, promulgate, or enforce any occupational safety and health administrative regulation that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration or the United States Department of Labor has not promulgated, or that is more stringent than the corresponding federal provision enforced by the United States Department of Labor under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. Whereas the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 does not apply to public employees, the cabinet shall retain the authority to promulgate and enforce, as necessary, administrative regulations pertaining to public employees. Effective: June 27, 2025 History: Amended 2025 Ky. Acts ch. 105, sec. 1, effective June 27, 2025. -- Created 2021 Ky. Acts ch. 162, sec. 1, effective June 29, 2021.
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