Section 140 Of Chapter 6. Occupational Safety And Health Standards Board From California Labor Code >> Division 1. >> Chapter 6.
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. (a) There is in the Department of Industrial Relations, the
Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board which consists of
seven members who shall be appointed by the Governor. Two members
shall be from the field of management, two members shall be from the
field of labor, one member shall be from the field of occupational
health, one member shall be from the field of occupational safety and
one member shall be from the general public. Members representing
occupational safety and health fields and the public member shall be
selected from other than the fields of management or labor.
(b) Terms of office for members of the Industrial Safety Board
shall expire 60 days after the effective date of the amendment of
this section enacted at the 1973-74 Regular Session. Newly appointed
members of the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board shall
assume their duties upon that date.
(c) The Governor shall designate the chairman of the board from
the membership of the board. The person so designated shall hold the
office of chairman at the pleasure of the Governor. The chairman
shall designate a member of the board to act as chairman in his
absence.
(d) As used in this chapter, "board" means the Occupational Safety
and Health Standards Board.
(e) All references in this or any other code to the Industrial
Safety Board shall be deemed to mean the Occupational Safety and
Health Standards Board.