Arizona § 23-406 Division of occupational safety and health; director; appointment; qualifications; compensation

Arizona Statutes

§ 23-406 — Division of occupational safety and health; director; appointment; qualifications; compensation

Arizona § 23-406

Title 23Arizona Revised Statutes

Ch. 2EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES AND WORKING CONDITIONS

Art. 10Division of Occupational Safety and Health

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Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 23-406 (2026).

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A.There shall be a division of occupational safety and health within the industrial commission.

B.The director of the division of occupational safety and health shall be the administrative head of the division under the control of the commission. The director shall be appointed by the commission and shall serve at the pleasure of the commission.

C.The director shall be:

1.A person who has been employed in the safety or health profession a minimum of ten years in the aggregate and is currently engaged in the broad practice of safety or health or one of its relevant specialties or holds a degree from an accredited college or university appropriate to the field of safety and health and has a minimum of five years' experience in the broad practice of safety or one of its relevant speci

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A. There shall be a division of occupational safety and health within the industrial commission.

B. The director of the division of occupational safety and health shall be the administrative head of the division under the control of the commission. The director shall be appointed by the commission and shall serve at the pleasure of the commission.

C. The director shall be:

1. A person who has been employed in the safety or health profession a minimum of ten years in the aggregate and is currently engaged in the broad practice of safety or health or one of its relevant specialties or holds a degree from an accredited college or university appropriate to the field of safety and health and has a minimum of five years' experience in the broad practice of safety or one of its relevant specialties, and has been registered or licensed by a state agency as a professional appropriate to his field of safety and health or has been certified as competent within the broad practice of safety or health or one of its relevant specialties by an organization recognized as qualified by the American society of safety engineers or American industrial hygiene association.

2. Competent to deal with the planning, design and needs of business operations as the use of such operations relates to the safe, convenient and economic performance of their business functions, with not less than three years' experience in an administrative capacity in the field of occupational safety and health.

D. The salary of the director shall be determined pursuant to section 38-611.