Section 6726 - Emergency Medical Care(a) Emergency medical care for employees handling pesticides shall be planned for in advance. The employer shall locate a facility where emergency medical care is available for employees who will be handling pesticides.(b) Employees shall be informed of the name and location of a facility where emergency medical care is available. The employer shall post in a prominent place at the work site, or work vehicle if there is no designated work site, the name, address and telephone number of a facility able to provide emergency medical care whenever employees will be handling pesticides and, if the identified facility is not reasonably accessible from that work location, procedures to be followed to obtain emergency medical care.(c) When there is reasonable grounds to suspect that an employee has a pesticide illness or when an exposure to a pesticide has occurred that might reasonably be expected to lead to an employee's illness, the employer shall ensure that the employee is taken to a physician immediately.(d) The employer shall provide the following information to medical personnel treating an employee suspected of being exposed to a pesticide used in the commercial or research production of an agricultural commodity: (1) Copies of the applicable Safety Data Sheet(s) and the product name(s), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency registration number(s), and active ingredient(s) for each pesticide product to which the employee may have been exposed.(2) The circumstances of application or use of the pesticide.(3) The circumstances that could have resulted in exposure to the pesticide.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 3, § 6726
1. Relettering and amendment of subsections (a) and (b) to subsections (b) and (c) and new subsection (a) filed 9-26-88; operative 10-26-88 (Register 88, No. 41).
2. Change without regulatory effect amending NOTE filed 6-20-2001 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2001, No. 25).
3. New subsections (d)-(d)(3) filed 10-17-2016; operative 1-2-2017 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(2) (Register 2016, No. 43). Note: Authority cited: Sections 11456 and 12981, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections 12980 and 12981, Food and Agricultural Code.
1. Relettering and amendment of subsections (a) and (b) to subsections (b) and (c) and new subsection (a) filed 9-26-88; operative 10-26-88 (Register 88, No. 41).
2. Change without regulatory effect amending Note filed 6-20-2001 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2001, No. 25).
3. New subsections (d)-(d)(3) filed 10-17-2016; operative 1/2/2017 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(2) (Register 2016, No. 43).