Title 26, Title 26

1. Evaluation of indoor air quality. The board shall work with the Bureau of General Services with respect to evaluation of indoor air quality and ventilation in public school buildings and buildings occupied by state employees. A.

The board shall formulate and adopt reasonable rules to ensure safe and healthful conditions for students in public educational facilities. The rules must address safety and health hazards created by the use of or exposure to equipment or material or the exposure to other conditi…

The bureau shall inspect and enforce the rules and regulations.

Any person aggrieved by an order or act of the director or of an inspector of the bureau or wishing to contest any citation or penalty issued under sections 45 and 46 may, within 15 working days after notice thereof, appeal from the order, act, citation or penalty to the board, w…

The rules of the bureau must, at a minimum, conform to the standards of the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration. If a rule adopted by the bureau conflicts with the rule of another state agency with regard to occupational safety and health standards, including co…

A person may not discharge or in any manner discriminate against an employee because that employee has filed any complaint concerning an alleged occupational safety or health hazard or has testified or is about to testify in any proceeding relating to employee safety and health o…

An affected employer may apply to the director for an order for a variance from a standard promulgated under this chapter. Affected employees must be given notice of each application and an opportunity to participate in a hearing. The director shall issue the order if the directo…

It is declared the public policy of the State of Maine that all workers engaged in agricultural labor in the State shall be protected from hazards to their safety or health and that working conditions shall be maintained that will be reasonably free of hazards to their safety and…

To implement section 580 in workplaces provided by the State, state agency, county, municipal corporation, school district or other public corporation or political subdivision, the Occupational Safety Rules and Regulations Board shall formulate and adopt pursuant to Title 5, sect…

As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. [PL 1997, c. 387, §2 (NEW).] 1. Agricultural labor. "Agricultural labor" means agricultural labor as defined in the Employment Security Law, chapter 13. 2. Owner. …

The bureau shall adopt rules for the protection of the health, safety and welfare of the agricultural laborers and their families who occupy housing provided, owned or controlled by their employers. These rules apply only to housing facilities of employers of agricultural labor w…

The bureau may inspect housing facilities subject to this subchapter in accordance with this section. [PL 1997, c. 387, §2 (NEW).] 1. Right of entry. Without an administrative inspection warrant, any duly designated officer of the bureau may enter a housing facility subject to th…

Actions to enforce this subchapter may be brought in accordance with this section. [PL 1997, c. 387, §2 (NEW).] 1. Civil violation. An employer who violates this subchapter or the rules adopted under this subchapter commits a civil violation for which a forfeiture of not less tha…

This subchapter does not apply to a person who, in the ordinary course of that person's business, regularly provides housing to the general public on a commercial basis and who provides to any agricultural laborer similar housing on the same or comparable terms and conditions as …