Kentucky Statutes 217.660 – Definitions for KRS 217.650 to 217.710
Current as of: 2024 | Check for updates
|
Other versions
As used in KRS § 217.650 to KRS § 217.710 unless the context indicates otherwise: (1) “Secretary” means the secretary for health and family services;
(2) “Cabinet” means the Cabinet for Health and Family Services;
(3) “Person” includes any individual, partnership, corporation, firm, or association; (4) “Hazardous substance” means any substance or mixture of substances which is:
(a) “Toxic” and has the inherent capacity to produce bodily injury to man through ingestion, inhalation, or absorption through any body surface, including toxic substances which are poisonous;
(b) “Corrosive” on contact with living tissue causing substantial destruction of tissue by chemical action, but does not refer to action on inanimate surfaces;
(c) “Irritant” and not corrosive within the meaning of paragraph (b), which on immediate, prolonged, or repeated contact with normal living tissue will induce a local inflammatory reaction;
(d) “Strong sensitizer” and will cause on normal living tissue through an allergic or photodynamic process a hypersensitivity which becomes evident on reapplication of the same substance and which is designated as such by the secretary;
(e) “Flammable” with a flashpoint of eighty (80) degrees Fahrenheit or below;
(f) “Radioactive” as a result of disintegration of unstable atomic nuclei and emits energy;
(g) Capable of generating pressure through decomposition, heat, or other means; (h) Capable of causing substantial personal injury or illness during any customary
or reasonably anticipated handling or use; and
(5) “Label” means a display of written, printed, or graphic matter upon the immediate container of any substance, or that is easily legible through the outside container or wrapper.
Effective: June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 518, effective June 20, 2005. — Amended
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 462, effective July 15, 1998. — Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art VI, sec. 107(1), (10) and (11). — Created 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 244, sec. 2, effective June 16, 1960.
(2) “Cabinet” means the Cabinet for Health and Family Services;
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 217.660
- Action: includes all proceedings in any court of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
(3) “Person” includes any individual, partnership, corporation, firm, or association; (4) “Hazardous substance” means any substance or mixture of substances which is:
(a) “Toxic” and has the inherent capacity to produce bodily injury to man through ingestion, inhalation, or absorption through any body surface, including toxic substances which are poisonous;
(b) “Corrosive” on contact with living tissue causing substantial destruction of tissue by chemical action, but does not refer to action on inanimate surfaces;
(c) “Irritant” and not corrosive within the meaning of paragraph (b), which on immediate, prolonged, or repeated contact with normal living tissue will induce a local inflammatory reaction;
(d) “Strong sensitizer” and will cause on normal living tissue through an allergic or photodynamic process a hypersensitivity which becomes evident on reapplication of the same substance and which is designated as such by the secretary;
(e) “Flammable” with a flashpoint of eighty (80) degrees Fahrenheit or below;
(f) “Radioactive” as a result of disintegration of unstable atomic nuclei and emits energy;
(g) Capable of generating pressure through decomposition, heat, or other means; (h) Capable of causing substantial personal injury or illness during any customary
or reasonably anticipated handling or use; and
(5) “Label” means a display of written, printed, or graphic matter upon the immediate container of any substance, or that is easily legible through the outside container or wrapper.
Effective: June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 518, effective June 20, 2005. — Amended
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 462, effective July 15, 1998. — Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art VI, sec. 107(1), (10) and (11). — Created 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 244, sec. 2, effective June 16, 1960.