Section 5-601 - Asbestos protective clothing. - Maryland Statutes

§ 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. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 89, § 49D; 1991, ch. 8, § 2.]