Consent Form for Exposure to Hazardous Chemicals; Enforcement of Chapter

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  1. The Department of Labor shall promulgate by rule or regulation the language and format of a consent form to be provided and used by a labor pool to inform persons that a work assignment involves the exposure to hazardous chemicals and to obtain such person's consent as required in paragraph (3) of Code Section 34-10-2.
  2. The Commissioner of Labor shall have the power and authority to adopt or rescind such rules or regulations and to employ such persons, make such expenditures, require such reports, make such investigations, and take such other action as deemed necessary or suitable to effectuate and enforce the provisions of this chapter.
  3. Any labor pool or work-site employer which is found by the department, after notice and an opportunity for a hearing, to have willfully violated any provision of this chapter shall be subject to an administrative fine not to exceed $1,000.00 for each separate violation.Each day during which any such violation occurs shall constitute a separate violation.
  4. Any determination by the department that a labor pool or work-site employer has willfully violated any provision of this chapter shall be subject to appeal.Any hearing conducted pursuant to this Code section shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 13 of Title 50, the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act."

(Code 1981, §34-10-3, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 1936, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 1152, § 3.)

Editor's notes.

- Ga. L. 1994, p. 1152, § 7, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the Act shall be repealed in its entirety July 1, 1997, if funds have not been specifically appropriated for purposes of the Act on or before such date.

Ga. L. 1997, p. 888, § 3, not codified by the General Assembly, amends Ga. L. 1994, p. 1152, § 7 to provide that Ga. L. 1994, p. 1152 shall be repealed in its entirety July 1, 2000, if funds have not been specifically appropriated for purposes of that Act on or before such date. Ga. L. 1994, p. 1152 was funded at the 2000 regular session.


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