N.Y. Education Law § 409-a: Eye safety devices for certain students and teachers

§ 409-a. Eye safety devices for certain students and teachers. 1. The

board of education, trustees, principal or other person in charge of

every public or private school or educational institution within the

state, wherein shops or laboratories are conducted providing

instructional or experimental programs involving:

a. Hot solids, liquids or molten metals; or

b. Milling, sawing, turning, shaping, cutting, or stamping of any

solid materials; or

c. Heat treatment, tempering, or kiln firing of any metal or other

materials; or

d. Gas or electric arc welding; or

e. Repair or servicing of any vehicle; or

f. Caustic or explosive chemicals or materials, shall arrange for and

require, in accordance with regulations of the commissioner, that every

student and teacher participating in any such program wear eye safety

devices at the times and under the conditions prescribed in such

regulations.

2. The commissioner shall by regulation prescribe the safety standards

to be met before the use of any eye safety device may be required and

shall include in such regulations requirements relating to the times and

conditions when and under which such eye safety devices shall be worn.

3. Visitors to such shops or laboratories shall be furnished with and

required to wear such eye safety devices at the times and under the

conditions prescribed in such regulations while in such shops or

laboratories.