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1997 Florida Statutes
442.20 Workplace safety.--
(1) The Division of Safety within the Department of Labor and Employment Security shall assist in making the workplace a safer place to work and decreasing the frequency and severity of on-the-job injuries.
(2) The Division of Safety shall have the authority to adopt rules for the purpose of assuring safe working conditions for all workers by authorizing the enforcement of effective standards, assisting and encouraging employers to maintain safe working conditions, and by providing for education and training in the field of safety.
(3) The provisions of chapter 440 which pertain to workplace safety shall be applicable to the Division of Safety.
(4) The administrative rules of the Department of Labor and Employment Security pertaining to the function of the Bureau of Industrial Safety and Health which are in effect immediately before July 1, 1990, continue in effect as rules of the Division of Safety until specifically amended by the Department of Labor and Employment Security.
History.--s. 5, ch. 90-201; s. 4, ch. 91-1.