§ 7318. Special applications
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 35 P.S. Health and Safety
35 P.S. § 7318
§ 7318. Special applications
(b) Research and development laboratory.--A research and development laboratory as defined in this act shall not be required to comply with sections 3, 4, 5(b) and (g), 6 and 7(a)(1).1 In addition, said research and development laboratory shall not be required to develop new Material Safety Data Sheets for new or experimental chemicals created in the laboratory, but shall make available Material Safety Data Sheets for chemicals otherwise acquired from manufacturers, suppliers and importers.
(c) Handling sealed packages.--An employer which stores, warehouses or transports sealed packages, and which is not the manufacturer, supplier or importer of the chemical or chemicals contained therein, shall not be required to comply with sections 3(e) and (g), 5(e), 6 and 7 with respect to sealed packages, provided the seals remain intact while the packages are in the employer's possession and control, and said employer subsequently transfers possession and control of said sealed packages to another person within 20 days. A sealed package may be opened to examine the contents for emergency or safety reasons, and Federal authorities may open the sealed package for examination.
(d) Employers without employees.--An employer shall not be required to comply with the requirements of sections 3(e), 5(e), 6(a)(1) through (5), 6(b) through (g), 7 and 82 for any period of time during which the employer does not have any present employees.
Credits
1984, Oct. 5, P.L. 734, No. 159, § 18, effective in 1 year.
35 P.S. § 7318, PA ST 35 P.S. § 7318
Current through 2023 Regular Session Act 1. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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