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2017 Maryland Code
Labor and Employment
Title 5 - Occupational Safety and Health
Subtitle 7 - Records and Reports
§ 5-701. Toxic materials and harmful agents
Universal Citation: MD Lab & Emp Code § 5-701 (2017)
- (a) Duty to monitor and keep records. -- The Commissioner may require, by regulation, that an employer:
- (1) measure or monitor employee exposure to a potentially toxic material or harmful physical agent; and
- (2) keep an accurate record of employee exposure to a toxic material or harmful physical agent that the employer is required to measure or monitor.
- (b) Observation. -- An employer shall give an employee or representative of an employee an opportunity to observe each measurement or monitoring under this section.
- (c) Notice about exposure. -- If an employee is exposed to a potentially toxic material or harmful physical agent in a concentration or level that exceeds the level allowed under an applicable occupational safety and health standard, the employer of the employee:
- (1) promptly shall give the employee notice; and
- (2) shall inform the employee of each corrective action being taken.
- (d) Access to record. --
- (1) Each employee or former employee shall have access to each record that indicates exposure of the employee or former employee to a toxic material or harmful agent.
- (2) Each employee or representative of an employee shall have access to each record kept under subsection (a) of this section.
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