Section 217.660 - Definitions for KRS 217.650 to 217.710As 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.Effective:6/20/2005
Amended 2005, Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 518, effective6/20/2005. -- Amended 1998, Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 462, effective 7/15/1998. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art VI, sec. 107(1), (10) and (11). -- Created 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 244, sec. 2, effective 6/16/1960.