217.660 Definitions for KRS 217.650 to 217.710.
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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.