PART VI. 
INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE



 



§321-71  Industrial hygiene.  The
department of health shall make rules and regulations relating to or affecting
industrial hygiene, and detect, prevent, and control:  (1) conditions and
exposures affecting health which are associated with conditions of employment,
(2) atmospheric pollution, (3) improper fumigation, (4) inadequate and improper
ventilation, (5) sources of ionizing radiation, and (6) other similar
conditions.



Further, the department may conduct research
and investigations, and disseminate knowledge and information to the public,
concerning conditions in places of employment (and areas and places adversely
affected by such places of employment) which may be responsible for the
development of occupational diseases, afflictions, and poor health, and
concerning all other matters which are the subject of its duties. [L 1951, c
18, §§1, 2; RL 1955, §46-70; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §19; HRS §321-71]