Title 23, Title 23 and Safety

(a) Any person who gives advance notice of any inspection to be conducted under this chapter, without authority from the director of labor and training, shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment for not more th…

(a) No employer shall discharge or in any manner discriminate against any employee because that employee has filed any complaint or instituted or caused to be instituted any proceeding under or related to this chapter or has testified or is about to testify in any proceeding or b…

All information reported to or otherwise obtained by the director in connection with any inspection or proceeding under this chapter which contains or which might reveal a trade secret referred to in § 1905 of title 18 of the United States Code or any amendment of § 1905 of title…

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to repeal or to limit or restrict in any way present state laws, codes, regulations, or orders governing the safety or health of employees in any place of employment which are not in conflict with this chapter.

If any provision of this chapter, or the application of the provision to any person or circumstance, shall be held invalid, the remainder of this chapter, or the application of the provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be…

There shall be a division of occupational health within the department of health which shall have all the powers and duties relating to the administration and enforcement of health codes as prescribed by the provisions of this chapter, and any other duties that may be conferred u…

The director of health shall appoint the chief of the division of occupational health. The appointee shall be in the classified service of the state and shall be responsible to and report to the director. The director shall appoint health compliance inspectors who shall be in the…

Compliance inspectors shall devote their entire scheduled work time and attention to the duties of their respective offices. The director shall assign compliance inspectors to the duties to be performed. No employee of the division of occupational health shall accept other employ…

The general assembly shall annually appropriate sums that are necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The state controller is authorized and directed to draw his or her orders on the general treasurer for the payment of the sums so appropriated or so much of the su…

(a) The director, upon presenting appropriate credentials to the owner, operator, representative, or agent in charge is authorized: (1) To enter without delay and at reasonable times any factory, plant establishment, construction site, or other area, workplace, or environment whe…

(a) Any employee or representative of employees who believes that a violation of a health code exists that threatens physical harm, or that an imminent danger exists, may request an inspection by giving notice to the director of the violation or danger. Any notice shall be presen…

Where the director of health finds a condition of imminent danger, he or she shall immediately notify the director of labor and training who shall then take the necessary action pursuant to § 28-20-14.