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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
As used in KRS 217.650 to 217.710 unless the context indicates otherwise:
(1) “Secretary” means the secretary for health and family services;
(2) “Cabinet” means the Cabinet for Health and Family Services;
(3) “Person” includes any individual, partnership, corporation, firm, or association;
(4) “Hazardous substance” means any substance or mixture of substances which is:
(a) “Toxic” and has the inherent capacity to produce bodily injury to man through ingestion, inhalation, or absorption through any body surface, including toxic substances which are poisonous;
(b) “Corrosive” on contact with living tissue causing substantial destruction of tissue by chemical action, but does not refer to action on inanimate surfaces;
(c) “Irritant” and not corrosive within the meaning of paragraph (b), which on immediate, prolonged, or repeated contact with normal living tissue will induce a local inflammatory reaction;
(d) “Strong sensitizer” and will cause on normal living tissue through an allergic or photodynamic process a hypersensitivity which becomes evident on reapplication of the same substance and which is designated as such by the secretary;
(e) “Flammable” with a flashpoint of eighty (80) degrees Fahrenheit or below;
(f) “Radioactive” as a result of disintegration of unstable atomic nuclei and emits energy;
(g) Capable of generating pressure through decomposition, heat, or other means;
(h) Capable of causing substantial personal injury or illness during any customary or reasonably anticipated handling or use; and
(5) “Label” means a display of written, printed, or graphic matter upon the immediate container of any substance, or that is easily legible through the outside container or wrapper.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XVIII. Public Health § 217.660.Definitions for KRS 217.650 to 217.710 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ky/title-xviii-public-health/ky-rev-st-sect-217-660/
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