37.12.337    SAFETY

(1) A laboratory shall develop and maintain a safety program, including an education-based safety program, which meets the requirements of the Montana Safety Culture Act, Title 39, chapter 71, part 15, MCA, and ARM 24.30.2501 through 24.30.2558 implementing that act and adopted by the Department of Labor and Industry.

(a) The department adopts and incorporates by reference those portions of ARM 24.30.2501 through 24.30.2558, which contain requirements that employers must meet concerning the establishment of educational safety programs and safety programs for employers who employ more than five employees. A copy of those rules may be obtained from the Department of Public Health and Human Services, Office of Legal Affairs, 111 North Sanders, Sanders Building, P.O. Box 4210, Helena, MT 59604-4210.

(2) The laboratory shall develop and maintain a chemical hygiene plan.

(3) Where safety methods are included in an analytic method approved by the department, they must be included in the method's SOP and adhered to by the laboratory's analysts performing the procedure.

History: 50-1-202, MCA; IMP, 50-1-202, 75-6-106, MCA; NEW, 1999 MAR p. 291, Eff. 2/12/99; AMD, 2003 MAR p. 2442, Eff. 10/31/03; AMD, 2011 MAR p. 2286, Eff. 10/28/11.