Occupational health and safety legislation : a compilation of State laws and regulations [by] Victoria M. Trasko.

  • United States. Occupational Health Program
Date:
[1954]
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Credit: Occupational health and safety legislation : a compilation of State laws and regulations [by] Victoria M. Trasko. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ALABAMA souRCcES: Code of Alabama 1940, as amended Rules and Regulations of State Agencies STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH Authority and Functions + Code of Alabama 1940, Title 22, Section 7. State board of health: authority and jurisdiction. “The state board of health shall have authority and juris- diction: (1) To exercise general control over the enforcement of the laws relating to public health. (2) To investigate the causes, modes of propagation, and means of prevention, of diseases. (3) To investigate the influence of localities and employment on the health of the people. (4) To inspect all ... dairies, _milk depots, slaughter pens or houses . . . industrial and manufacturing estab- lishments, offices, stores . . . and whenever insanitary conditions in any of these places, institutions, or establishments, or conditions prejudicial to health, or likely to become so, are found, proper steps should be taken by the proper authorities to have such conditions corrected or abated. ... (6) To adopt and promulgate rules and regulations providing proper methods and details for administering the health and quarantine laws of the state, which rules and regulations shall have the force and effect of law . . . (8) To act as an advisory board to the state in all medical matters and matters of sanitation and public health.” Section 85. State committee of public health required to promulgate and enforce rules for the operation of food-handling establishments. “The state committee of public health shall adopt and promulgate regulations for the construction, maintenance, and operation of all establishments . . . in which foods or beverages intended for human consumption are made, pre- pared ... or served, and for the construction, maintenance and operation of hotels . . . as well as of construction camps, and their surroundings. ...” Rest of section deals with enforcement by county boards of health. General Provisions Relating to Occupational Health None specifically. Reporting of Occupational Diseases Title 22, Section 45. Report of physicians as to contagious diseases. “Every physician who is called to a case of any of the diseases named or referred to in section 47 of this title shall ... make a report thereof to the county health officer or the county quarantine officer and to the state health officer. . . .” Section 47. Notifiable diseases listed. “...Group B. Occupational diseases and injuries, viz., arsenic poisoning, brass poisoning, carbon monoxide poisoning, lead poisoning, mercury poisoning, natural gas poisoning, phosphorus * Additional references on page 3 (Sections 349 and 351).
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