KRS 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

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.