§ 217.660

217.660 Definitions for KRS 217.650 to 217.710. 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 sur face, 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 th e 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

d 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 o f 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: June 20, 2005 History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 518, eff ective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 462, effective July 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 June 16, 1960.