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Occupational Lead Poisoning Prevention Fee Law

Health and Safety Code

Division 103. Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Part 5. Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology

Chapter 2. Occupational Health and Disease Prevention

Article 1. Occupational Health and Disease Prevention Program

Article 2. Occupational Lead Poisoning Prevention

Chapter 2. Powers and Duties

Article 13. Occupational Health and Disease Prevention

Section 1. [uncodified]. Legislative findings and declarations. [Repealed.]

§ 429.11. Maintenance of occupational health and occupational disease prevention program; Functions and duties of repository. [Repealed.]

§ 429.12. Avoidance of duplication of activities. [Repealed.]

§ 429.13. Establishment of occupational lead poisoning prevention program. [Repealed.]

§ 429.14. Fees; adjustment; exemption; deposit. [Repealed.]

§ 429.15. Feepayer identification; exemption. [Repealed.]

§ 429.16. Accreditation of training providers; fees. [Repealed.]

[Repealed by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, in effect January 1, 1996.]

Article 1. Occupational Health and Disease Prevention Program

105175. Maintenance of occupational health and occupational disease prevention program; functions and duties of repository. (a) The department shall maintain a program on occupational health and occupational disease prevention, including, but not limited to, the following:

(1) Investigations into the causes of morbidity and mortality from work-induced diseases.

(2) Development of recommendations for improved control of work-induced diseases.

(3) Maintenance of a thorough knowledge of the effects of industrial chemicals and work practices on the health of California workers.

(4) Provisions of technical assistance in matters of occupational disease prevention and control to the Department of Industrial Relations and other governmental and nongovernmental agencies, organizations, and private individuals.

(5) Collection and summarization of statistics describing the causes and prevalence of work-induced diseases in California.

(b) The functions provided for in subdivision (a) are intended to implement within the department a continuing research and development capability and a repository of hazardous substances capability which will reinforce and strengthen the administration of the California Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1973, Part 1 (commencing with Section 6300) of Division 5 of the Labor Code, including the capability to recommend occupational health standards to the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board. Whenever the repository identifies data gaps for any chemical regulated by the California Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1973, the department shall notify the Division of Occupational Safety and Health of the Department of Industrial Relations of its finding.

(c) Upon the request of the department, and in furtherance of the goals of the occupational disease prevention program, employers shall provide to the department the results of monitoring data, both exposure and medical, which has been collected pursuant to Cal-OSHA standards and regulations.

(d) The state department shall have access without delay to any place of employment during regular working hours and at other reasonable times to conduct investigations necessary to carry out the purposes of this article and Article 2 (commencing with Section 105185), including, but not limited to, research, health hazard evaluation, and epidemiological surveillance. In connection with the investigation, the department may question privately any employer, owner, operator, agent, or employee and review and copy records collected pursuant to Cal-OSHA standards and regulations, and other related records.

(e) The repository maintained pursuant to this section and Section 147.2 of the Labor Code shall contain the report issued pursuant to former Sections 13124 and 13125 of the Food and Agricultural Code. Whenever a request for toxicity information is received concerning a chemical discussed in that report, the department shall notify the requestor of the nature and extent of any data gaps identified in the report with respect to that chemical. Whenever the repository receives a request about toxicity information on any other chemical, in addition to providing available information about the known toxic effects of exposure to the chemical, the repository shall also notify the requester of a determination by any state agency or federal agency that the chronic health effects testing data on the chemical is inadequate or incomplete. State agencies that maintain information on the toxic effects of chemicals shall provide the repository with access to that information.

105180. Avoidance of duplication of activities. In any situation where these activities may duplicate or overlap the activities of another state department or agency such as the Department of Industrial Relations or Division of Industrial Safety, the department shall avoid duplication.

Article 2. Occupational Lead Poisoning Prevention

105185. Establishment of occupational lead poisoning prevention program. (a) The department shall establish and maintain an occupational lead poisoning prevention program, including, but not limited to, the following:

(1) Developing a system for monitoring laboratory reports of cases of adult lead toxicity, to create an occupational lead poisoning registry.

(2) Following up reported cases of occupational lead poisoning to ascertain the source of lead exposure.

(3) Conducting investigations in cases where take-home exposure may be occurring, where there is a likelihood of identifying additional cases, or where a previously unidentified risk factor may be present.

(4) Conducting training of employers, employees, and health professionals regarding prevention of occupational lead poisoning.

(5) Making recommendations for the prevention of lead poisoning.

(b) In any situation where the activities specified in subdivision (a) may duplicate or overlap the activities of any other state department or agency, including the Department of Industrial Relations, the department shall coordinate with the other departments or agency and take actions to avoid program and service duplication.

(c) As part of the department’s Occupational Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, the department shall consider a report from a laboratory of an employee’s blood lead level at or above 20 micrograms per deciliter to be injurious to the health of the employee and shall report that case within five business days of receiving the report to the Division of Occupational Safety and Health.

(d) The department may adopt regulations to implement this section and Sections 105190 and 105195. Any regulations adopted shall be considered and adopted as emergency regulations in accordance with Section 11346.1 of the Government Code.

(e) The employee blood lead level established by this section is not intended to supersede any lower blood lead level that may be actionable under the Division of Occupational Safety and Health’s lead standards in its general industry safety order (Section 5198 of Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations) or construction safety order (Section 1532.1 of Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations). For purposes of this subdivision, an actionable employee blood lead level means a level that triggers an employer obligation to reduce lead exposure in the workplace or an investigation by the division.

History—Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415 (SB 1360). Stats. 2019, Ch. 710 (AB 35), in effect January 1, 2020, added new subdivision (c); relettered former subdivision "(c)" as "(d)"; and added subdivision (e).

105190. Fees; adjustment; exemption; deposits. (a) A fee shall be paid annually to the State Board of Equalization by employers in industries identified by the four-digit Standard Industrial Classification (S.I.C., 1987 Edition) established by the United States Department of Commerce and for which the State Board of Equalization has received information from the department of documented evidence of potential occupational lead poisoning.

(b) The department shall provide to the State Board of Equalization on or before the first day of November of each year, all information for the prior three-year period obtained by the California Blood Lead Registry, regarding evidence of potential occupational lead poisoning by the Standard Industrial Classification. Based on this information, the State Board of Equalization shall determine whether an employer is within Category A of the Standard Industrial Classification or within Category B of the Standard Industrial Classification and shall implement the fee schedule set forth in subdivision (c). For the purpose of this subdivision and subdivision (c), a Category A Standard Industrial Classification code is a Standard Industrial Classification code listed in Section 105195 for which there have been fewer than 20 persons with elevated blood lead levels reported to the California Blood Lead Registry in the prior three-year period. A Category B Standard Industrial Classification code is a Standard Industrial Classification code listed in Section 105195 for which there have been 20 or more persons with elevated blood lead levels reported to the California Blood Lead Registry in the prior three-year period. An elevated blood lead level is a level greater than or equal to 25 micrograms of lead per deciliter of blood.

(c) For employers with 10 or more employees, but fewer than 100 employees, in a Category A Standard Industrial Classification code, the annual fee shall be one hundred ninety-five dollars ($195). For employers with 100 or more employees, but fewer than 500 employees, in a Category A Standard Industrial Classification code, the annual fee shall be three hundred ninety dollars ($390). For employers with 500 or more employees in a Category A Standard Industrial Classification code, the annual fee shall be nine hundred seventy-five dollars ($975). For employers with 10 or more employees, but fewer than 100 employees, in a Category B Standard Industrial Classification code, the annual fee shall be two hundred seventy-nine dollars ($279). For employers with 100 or more employees, but fewer than 500 employees, in a Category B Standard Industrial Classification code, the annual fee shall be seven hundred eighty-one dollars ($781). For employers with 500 or more employees in a Category B Standard Industrial Classification code, the annual fee shall be two thousand two hundred thirty-two dollars ($2,232). For the purpose of this subdivision, an employer is any person defined in Section 25118 of the Health and Safety Code. Employers with fewer than 10 employees are not subject to any fees pursuant to this section.

(d) The fees imposed in subdivision (c) are the rates for calendar year 1995 and shall be adjusted annually by the State Board of Equalization to reflect increases or decreases in the cost of living during the prior fiscal year as measured by the Consumer Price Index issued by the Department of Industrial Relations, or a successor agency. This adjustment of fees shall not be subject to the requirements of Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

(e) In no event shall the annual fee exceed the cost of the program described in Section 105185. The department may exempt from payment of fees those employers who demonstrate that lead is not present in their places of employment. The cost of the program described in Section 105185 shall not exceed the amount of revenue collected from the annual fee.

(f) The fee imposed pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be paid by each employer which is identified in the schedule in accordance with Part 22 (commencing with Section 43001) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code and shall be deposited in the Occupational Lead Poisoning Prevention Account of the General Fund, which is hereby created, to be expended for the purposes of the Occupational Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, including the cost of administering the fees by the State Board of Equalization, upon appropriation by the Legislature.

105191. Legislative declaration; adoption of de minimis amount regulation. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(1) There are some employers who use or disturb very small amounts of lead in ways that pose a very minimal potential for lead poisoning of employees.

(2) These users of de minimis amounts of lead are not currently eligible for a waiver of the Occupational Lead Poisoning Fee.

(b) The State Department of Health Services shall adopt regulations that define a de minimis amount of lead use or disturbance. Any employer who is within the requirements of this definition shall be exempt from payment of the Occupational Lead Poisoning Fee.

105195. Feepayer identification; exemption. (a) Sections 105185 and 105190 shall apply to the following industries:

(1) 1622 Bridges, tunnels, and elevated highways.

(2) 1721 Painting, paper hanging, and decorating.

(3) 1791 Structural steel erection.

(4) 1795 Wrecking and demolition work.

(5) 2759 Commercial printing.

(6) 2816 Inorganic pigments manufacture.

(7) 2819 Industrial inorganic chemicals.

(8) 2821 Plastics materials and resins.

(9) 2892 Explosives manufacture.

(10) 2899 Chemical preparations.

(11) 3069 Fabricated rubber products.

(12) 3087 Custom compounding of purchased plastics resins.

(13) 3089 Plastic products.

(14) 3229 Pressed and blown glass.

(15) 3231 Products of purchased glass.

(16) 3253 Ceramic walls and floor tiles.

(17) 3262 Vitreous china food utensils.

(18) 3269 Pottery products.

(19) 3313 Electrometalurgical products.

(20) 3331 Primary copper.

(21) 3339 Primary nonferrous metals, except copper and aluminum.

(22) 3341 Secondary nonferrous metals.

(23) 3356 Nonferrous rolling, drawing, extruding.

(24) 3363 Aluminum die castings.

(25) 3364 Nonferrous die castings.

(26) 3365 Aluminum foundries.

(27) 3366 Copper foundries.

(28) 3369 Nonferrous foundries.

(29) 3399 Primary metal products.

(30) 3411 Metal cans manufacture.

(31) 3431 Metal sanitary ware.

(32) 3432 Plumbing fittings and brass goods.

(33) 3441 Fabricated structural metal.

(34) 3484 Small arms.

(35) 3491 Industrial valves.

(36) 3492 Fluid power valves and hose fittings.

(37) 3494 Valves and pipes fittings.

(38) 3496 Miscellaneous fabricated wire products.

(39) 3497 Metal foil and leaf.

(40) 3585 Refrigeration and heating equipment.

(41) 3599 Machinery, except electrical.

(42) 3624 Carbon and graphite products.

(43) 3661 Telephone and telegraph apparatus.

(44) 3662 Radio and television communication equipment.

(45) 3663 Radio and television equipment.

(46) 3669 Communications equipment.

(47) 3674 Semiconductors and related devices.

(48) 3691 Storage batteries.

(49) 3692 Primary batteries, dry and wet.

(50) 3699 Electrical equipment and supplies.

(51) 3711 Motor vehicles and car bodies.

(52) 3714 Motor vehicle parts and accessories.

(53) 3721 Aircraft.

(54) 3953 Marking devices.

(55) 3812 Search and navigation equipment.

(56) 3829 Measuring and controlling devices.

(57) 5064 Electrical appliances, television, and radios.

(58) 5093 Scrap and waste materials.

(59) 7538 General automotive repair shops.

(60) 7539 Automotive repair shops.

(61) 7997 Membership sports and recreation clubs.

(62) 7999 Amusement and recreation.

(b) (1) If the department determines that the potential for occupational lead poisoning exists in industries not covered by this section, based on new evidence, the department shall have the authority to add Standard Industrial Classification codes by regulation. Multiple case reports of occupational lead toxicity shall be a criterion for adding Standard Industrial Classification codes covered by this section for the purpose of fee assessment.

(2) If the department determines that lead use and lead exposure no longer exist in an industry covered by this section, based on new evidence, the department shall delete the Standard Industrial Classification code or individual industries within a Standard Industrial Classification code by regulation. If the department otherwise determines that the potential for occupational lead poisoning no longer exists in an industry covered by this section, based on new evidence, the department shall have the authority to delete Standard Industrial Classification codes or individual industries with a Standard Industrial Classification code by regulation. If the department determines that lead use and lead exposure no longer exist in the operations of an employer in an industry covered by this section, based on evidence submitted by the employer, the department may waive the fee of that employer.

105197. Accreditation of training providers; fees. (a) A program is hereby established within the department to meet the requirements of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 4851 and following) and Title X of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (P.L. 102–550).

(b) The department shall implement and administer the program. The department shall have powers and authority consistent with the intent of, and shall promulgate regulations to establish the program as an authorized state program pursuant to, Title IV, Section 402 to 404, inclusive, of the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. Sec. 2601 and following).

(c) Regulations regarding accreditation of training providers that are promulgated pursuant to subdivision (b) shall include, but not be limited to, provisions governing accreditation of providers of health and safety training to employees who engage in or supervise lead-related construction work as defined in Section 6716 of the Labor Code, and certification of employees who have successfully completed that training. Regulations regarding accreditation of training providers shall, as a condition of accreditation, require providers to offer training that meets the requirements of Section 6717 of the Labor Code. The department shall, not later than August 1, 1994, adopt regulations establishing fees for the accreditation of training providers, the certification of individuals, and the licensing of entities engaged in lead-related occupations. The fees imposed under this subdivision shall be established at levels not exceeding an amount sufficient to cover the costs of administering and enforcing the standards and regulations promulgated under this section. The fees established pursuant to this subdivision shall not be imposed on any state or local government or nonprofit training program.

(d) All regulations affecting the training of employees shall be adopted in consultation with the Division of Occupational Safety and Health. The regulations shall include provisions for allocating to the division an appropriate portion of funds to be expended for the program for the division's cost of enforcing compliance with training and certification requirements. The department shall adopt regulations to establish the program on or before August 1, 1994.

(e) The department shall review and amend its training, certification, and accreditation regulations promulgated under this section as is necessary to ensure continued eligibility for federal and state funding of lead-hazard reduction activities in the state.