§ 5-601. Asbestos protective clothing

   (a) Legislative policy. -- The General Assembly finds that:

   (1) exposure to asbestos, a known carcinogenic agent, creates a significant hazard to the health of the people of the State;

   (2) asbestos protective clothing that is used improperly or that is not maintained properly exposes a worker to this hazard;

   (3) protective materials have been developed as substitutes for asbestos; and

   (4) it is in the public interest to protect workers from this hazard by eliminating the use of asbestos protective clothing.

(b) Prohibitions. --

   (1) A person may not sell in the State any item of new or used asbestos protective clothing.

   (2) An employer may not:

      (i) buy, for use by an employee, any item of new or used asbestos protective clothing;

      (ii) ask or require an employee to use any item of new or used asbestos protective clothing; or

      (iii) keep or otherwise possess any item of new or used asbestos protective clothing at a place of employment.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 89, § 49D; 1991, ch. 8, § 2.