Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0800-01-01-.01 - PURPOSE AND SCOPE

(1) The Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development has the responsibility to develop and promulgate regulations which adopt occupational safety and health standards. The Commissioner may adopt the federal standards relating to the same issue.

(2) This chapter carries out the directive to the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development under T.C.A. §§ 50-3-201 and 50-3-202. It adopts occupational safety and health standards which are the federal standards relating to the same issue, and state standards required for effective enforcement of the Act that are of a general or a specific nature in providing occupational safety and health protection.

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Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0800-01-01-.01

Original rule certified June 10, 1974. Amendment filed June 12, 1974; effective July 12, 1974. Amendment filed January 10, 1975; effective February 10, 1975. Amendment filed June 18, 1975; effective July 18, 1975. Repeal and new rule filed September 15, 1977; effective October 14, 1977. Repeal and new rule filed March 31, 1983; effective June 15, 1983. Amendment filed November 25, 1983; effective February 13, 1984. Repeal and new rule filed January 11, 2002; effective May 31, 2002.

Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-3-1411, 50-3-201, and 50-3-202.