# Title 60 — Pesticide Control Board

## Article 60-03 — Pesticides

## Chapter 60-03-03 — Worker Protection Standard

### § 60-03-03-01. Scope and purpose.

This chapter contains a standard designed to reduce the risks of illness or injury resulting from
workers' and handlers' occupational exposures to pesticides used in the production of agricultural
plants on farms or in nurseries, greenhouses, and forests and also from the accidental exposure of
workers and other persons to such pesticides. It requires workplace practices designed to reduce or
eliminate exposure to pesticides and establishes procedures for responding to exposure-related
emergencies.
History: Effective July 1, 2004.
General Authority: NDCC 4.1-33-03
Law Implemented: NDCC 4.1-33-03
### § 60-03-03-02. Definitions.

Any term used in this chapter has the same meaning as defined in title 40, Code of Federal
Regulations, section 170.3, unless defined in North Dakota Century Code chapter 4.1-33, in which case
the North Dakota Century Code definition governs.
History: Effective July 1, 2004.
General Authority: NDCC 4.1-33-03
Law Implemented: NDCC 4.1-33-03
### § 60-03-03-03. Adoption of worker protection standard.

The environmental protection agency worker protection standard regulations effective as of
January 1, 2016, as provided under title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, part 170, are hereby adopted
by the board and incorporated by reference and made a part of this title. Copies of title 40, Code of
Federal Regulations, part 170, are available upon request by contacting the board at its inquiry address
listed in section 60-01-01-01.
History: Effective July 1, 2004; amended effective January 1, 2013; January 1, 2022.
General Authority: NDCC 4.1-33-03
Law Implemented: NDCC 4.1-33-03
