(a) The General Assembly finds that: (1) exposure to asbestos, a known carcinogenic agent, creates a significant hazard to the health of the people of the State; (2) asbestos protective clothing that is used improperly or that is not maintained properly exposes a worker to this hazard; (3) protective materials have been developed as substitutes for asbestos; and (4) it is in the public interest to protect workers from this hazard by eliminating the use of asbestos protective clothing. (b) (1) A person may not sell in the State any item of new or used asbestos protective clothing. (2) An employer may not: (i) buy, for use by an employee, any item of new or used asbestos protective clothing; (ii) ask or require an employee to use any item of new or used asbestos protective clothing; or (iii) keep or otherwise possess any item of new or used asbestos protective clothing at a place of employment.
Maryland Legal Code