(a) Compliance with any other state law that regulates safety and health in employment and places of employment shall not excuse any employer or employee or any other person from compliance with this chapter or any standard or regulation promulgated pursuant to this chapter.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 50-3-915

  • Employer: means a person engaged in a business who has one (1) or more employees and includes county, metropolitan and municipal governments. See Tennessee Code 50-3-103
  • Person: means one (1) or more individuals, partnerships, associations, corporations, business trusts, legal representatives or any organized group of persons. See Tennessee Code 50-3-103
  • Standard: means an occupational safety and health standard promulgated by the commissioner that requires conditions or the adoption or the use of one (1) or more practices, means, methods, operations or processes reasonably necessary or appropriate to provide safe and healthful employment and places of employment. See Tennessee Code 50-3-103
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) Compliance with this chapter or any standard or regulation promulgated pursuant to this chapter shall not excuse any employer or employee or any other person from compliance with any state law regulating and promoting safety and health unless the state law is specifically repealed by this chapter or is repealed by subsequent legislation pursuant to this chapter.
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