                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEPARTMENT CONTINUED; POWERS AND DUTIES GENERALLY; DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY
CONCERNING OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH (§ 40.1-1)

The Department of Labor and Industry, hereinafter referred to as the Department,
is continued as a department of the state government; the Department shall be
responsible for discharging the provisions of Title 40.1. All powers and duties
conferred and imposed on the Bureau of Labor and Industry by any other law are
hereby conferred upon and vested in the Department of Labor and Industry. The
Department shall be responsible for administering and enforcing occupational
safety and occupational health activities as required by the Federal
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (P.L. 91-596), in accordance with the
state plan for enforcement of that act; however, nothing in the occupational
safety and health provisions of this title or regulations adopted hereunder
shall apply to working conditions of employees or duties of employers with
respect to which the Federal Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 does not
apply by virtue of § 4(b)(1) of the federal act.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 40-1; 1962, c. 66; 1970, c. 321; 1972, c. 567; 1973, c.
425; 1979, c. 354; 1984, c. 590; 1985, c. 449; 1995, c. 373.