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KRS 217.660

Definitions for KRS 217.650 to 217.710

Effective: June 20, 2005 History: Amended 2005 Ky

As used in KRS 217.650 to 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.

Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.