Regulations last checked for updates: Nov 22, 2024

Title 29 - Labor last revised: Oct 31, 2024
§ 1990.101 - Scope.

This part establishes criteria and procedures for the identification, classification, and regulation of potential occupational carcinogens found in each workplace in the United States regulated by the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (the Act). The procedures contained in this part supplement the procedural regulations in other parts of this chapter. In the event of a conflict, the procedures contained in this part shall govern the identification, classification, and regulation of potential occupational carcinogens. This part may be referred to as “The OSHA Cancer Policy.”

authority: Secs. 4, 6, 8, Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 653,655,657; Secretary of Labor's Order No. 8-76 (41 FR 25059); and 29 CFR part 1911
source: 45 FR 5282, Jan. 22, 1980, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 29 CFR 1990.101