Section 5-406 - Submission on documents and role of Department of Environment. - Maryland Statutes

§ 5-406. Submission on documents and role of Department of Environment.
 

(a)  Submission of documents.-  

(1) Within 15 days after an employer prepares or revises a chemical information list, the employer shall submit a copy of the list to the Department of the Environment. 

(2) Within 5 working days after an employer receives a written request from the Department of the Environment for a copy of a material safety data sheet, the employer shall submit to the Department a copy of that sheet. 

(b)  Duty to review; notice to Commissioner.- The Department of the Environment shall: 

(1) review, for completeness and sufficiency, each: 

(i) chemical information list that an employer submits under subsection (a) of this section; and 

(ii) material safety data sheet that the Department requests; and 

(2) give the Commissioner notice of any noncompliance. 

(c)  Access to information.- The Department of the Environment shall provide access to information on a chemical information list only to: 

(1) a person who provides fire, ambulance, or rescue service for the appropriate geographic area; 

(2) a nurse, physician, or physician assistant who is treating an individual in a medical emergency; 

(3) a former employee of an inactive employer; 

(4) the Commissioner; and 

(5) an independent contractor or employer as provided in § 5-408 of this subtitle. 

(d)  Confidentiality.- Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section and § 6-503 of the Environment Article, the Department of the Environment: 

(1) shall treat as confidential information in a chemical information list; and 

(2) may not disclose the information: 

(i) in any civil proceeding; or 

(ii) to any person. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 89, § 32E; 1991, ch. 8, § 2.]