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WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 696
CHAPTER 696
(House Bill 1629)
AN ACT concerning
Occupational Safety and Health - Employer Compliance Plans
Consultation Program
FOR the purpose of requiring a representative of the Commissioner of Labor and
Industry, under certain circumstances, to develop with an employer a plan for
achieving compliance with certain occupational safety and health standards;
requiring in a plan for achieving compliance certain time requirements for
compliance with certain standards; establishing certain time limitations for a plan
for achieving compliance and its extension; exempting employers, under certain
circumstances, from certain citations and penalties; and generally relating to plans
for complying with occupational safety and health standards the Commissioner of
Labor and Industry to adopt by a certain date certain regulations that provide for a
consultation program that conforms to federal law and regulations, specify the
conditions under which an employer may be cited and penalized for a hazard identified
during a consultation inspection, and provide for certain exemptions from general
schedule inspections; and generally relating to the Occupational Safety and Health
Program in the Division of Labor and Industry.
BY adding to
Article - Labor and Employment
Section 5-328
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1991 Volume and 1993 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Labor and Employment
5-328.
(A) IN THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING TERMS HAVE THE MEANINGS
INDICATED.
(1) "CONSULTANT" MEANS AN OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
EMPLOYEE WHO PROVIDES CONSULTATION OR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO
EMPLOYERS IN ACHIEVING COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS TITLE.
(2) "PLAN" MEANS A PLAN DEVELOPED BY A CONSULTANT AND AN
EMPLOYER FOR ACHIEVING COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS TITLE.
THE PLAN MAY REQUIRE IMMEDIATE CORRECTIVE ACTION FOR SERIOUS SAFETY
OR HEALTH HAZARDS.
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