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2551
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HARRY HUGHES, Governor
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Section 3.
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Safety and Health
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(a) Safety and Health Programs
(1) Each State agency and department shall implement
the Asbestos Safety and Health Program to protect State
employees from asbestos contamination in the work
environment. Each agency or department head shall appoint a
Safety and Health Coordinator who shall be responsible to
the agency or department head for carrying out the Asbestos
Safety and Health Program.
(2) The Safety and Health coordinator shall appoint a
Safety and Health Committee.
(3) Each Safety and Health coordinator shall consult
the Secretary of Licensing and Regulation, or his designee,
on matters relating to the formation and organizational
structure of the Safety and Health Committee of the
department or agency,
(b) The Secretary of Licensing and Regulation is
responsible for the safety and health provisions of the
Asbestos Safety and Health Program.
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(c) Equipment
(1) Each department and State agency shall equip its
employees with appropriate protective clothing where there
is the possibility of skin or clothing contamination with
asbestos. Type "C" pressure demand supplied air respirators
with full facepieces approved by the Mine Safety and Health
Administration and the National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health and described in the Safety and Health and
Equipment Action Plan contained in the Asbestos Safety and
Health Program, shall be used by all Level II employees
described in Section 4(b)(3) of this Executive Order while
those employees are performing Level II type activities.
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(2) The Secretary of Licensing and Regulation is
responsible for coordinating the equipment provisions of the
Asbestos Safety and Health Program.
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Section 4. Medical Monitoring and Training Program
(a) Medical Monitoring Requirements
(1) The Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene shall
oversee the preplacement, periodic and post-employment
examinations in accordance with the Asbestos Safety and
Health Program for Level II employees described in Section
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