§ 4803 — Records and reports

§ 4803. Records and reports. 1. Upon request by the commissioner,\nemployers shall provide to the commissioner copies of employee health\nand exposure records maintained and supplied to the federal government\nby employers as mandated under the following federal statutes and\nregulations except as access by third parties may be limited therein:\n (a) Toxic Substances Control Act;\n (b) Occupational Safety and Health Act;\n (c) Environmental Pesticide Control Act; and\n (d) Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 10CFR section 20.102-20.409.\n 2. Upon request by the commissioner employers shall provide the names\nand addresses of present and former employees whenever the commissioner\ndetermines that there is a health risk or disease relating to the\nexposure of employees to a toxic substance or toxic substances.\n 3. The commissioner shall not release any information with identifying\nnames. The commissioner may, however, publish analyses of such reports\nand information from time to time for scientific and public health\npurposes, in such a manner as to assure that the identities of the\nindividuals concerned cannot be ascertained and that information\nprotected by applicable trade secret law is not divulged.\n 4. The commissioner may require an employer to keep records of his\nemployees' use of specific toxic substances when there is scientific\nevidence to question the efficacy of the current threshold limit values\nfor those substances. Such records shall be held solely for the purpose\nof conducting epidemiologic research on occupational health.\n