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 sur face, 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 th e 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 o f 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.
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