Current through Laws 2024, c. 453.
Section 412 - Violations - PenaltiesA. Any person failing to comply with any standard or interfering with, impeding or obstructing in any manner the administration of standards pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Occupational Health and Safety Standards Act, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.B. Any person who violates any of the provisions of the Oklahoma Occupational Health and Safety Standards Act, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and in addition thereto may be enjoined from continuing such violation. Each day upon which such violation occurs shall constitute a separate violation.C. The Attorney General, on the request of the Commissioner, shall bring an action against any person violating any of the provisions of the Oklahoma Occupational Health and Safety Standards Act or violating any order or determination of the Commissioner promulgated pursuant to the Oklahoma Occupational Health and Safety Standards Act.D. The Commissioner of Labor may promulgate rules establishing a schedule of administrative penalties and fines for violations of the Oklahoma Occupational Health and Safety Standards Act which may be in addition to or in lieu of the criminal penalties provided in this section. The promulgation of an administrative fine schedule shall grant the Commissioner authority to impose those administrative fines for any violation of the Oklahoma Occupational Health and Safety Standards Act. Funds collected as payment from a violator for administrative fines imposed for a violation of the Oklahoma Occupational Health and Safety Standards Act shall be deposited to the Department of Labor Administrative Penalty Revolving Fund created in Section 3 of this act.Okla. Stat. tit. 40, § 412
Amended by Laws 2016 , c. 82, s. 2, eff. 11/1/2016.Laws 1970, HB 1702, c. 287, §12, emerg. eff. 7/1/1970; Amended by Laws 1984, SB 424, c. 147, §5, emerg. eff. 7/1/1984; Amended by Laws 1992, HB 2189, c. 305, § 5, emerg. eff. 5/27/1992.