For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, the department shall coordinate, to the greatest extent practicable, the occupational health and safety activities of all state and local agencies. It shall advise, consult and cooperate with other agencies of the state, federal government, other states and interstate agencies and with affected public and private organizations.
History: 1953 Comp., § 59-14-19, enacted by Laws 1972, ch. 63, § 19; 1993, ch. 322, § 18.
The 1993 amendment, effective April 8, 1993, substituted "department" for "agency" in the first sentence.