Nevada Code § 618.295

Regulations and standards; medical examination for exposure to hazard
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1. The Division shall adopt such
regulations as are necessary to provide safe and healthful employment in those
employments within its jurisdiction.
2. The Division shall not propose
standards or regulations for products distributed or used in interstate
commerce which are different from federal standards for such products unless
such standards are required by compelling local conditions and do not unduly
burden interstate commerce.
3. The Division may adopt by emergency
regulation temporary emergency standards for the protection of employees who
are exposed to grave danger from exposure to substances or agents determined to
be toxic or physically harmful or from new hazards.
4. Standards established under this
chapter must apply equally to all places of employment.
5. Standards or regulations must provide
for furnishing prompt information to employees by means of labels or warning
signs regarding hazards in the workplace. The information must include the
suitable precautions, the symptoms and emergency treatment in case of exposure
to hazards.
6. If an employee has been exposed to a
hazard and the Division considers a medical examination necessary, the cost of
the examination must be paid by the employer. The results of the examination
must be furnished only to the Division and, at the request of the employee, to
the employees physician.
7. Standards or regulations must prescribe
the use of suitable protective equipment and control methods or procedures to
include monitoring or measuring any exposures. The employees are entitled to be
apprised of such monitoring and to obtain the results.
8. All federal occupational safety and
health standards which the Secretary of Labor promulgates, modifies or revokes,
and any amendments thereto, shall be deemed Nevada occupational safety and
health standards unless the Division, in accordance with federal law, adopts
regulations establishing alternative standards that provide protection equal to
the protection provided by those federal occupational safety and health
standards.

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