Texas State Specific Science Safety Compliance
Science labs answer to thousands of rules, and most of them apply in every state. This free module covers only the science safety compliance requirements specific to Texas: the ones Texans need to pay attention to, each tied to the exact Texas law or regulation that sets it. It is the home of the Texas State Specific Science Safety Compliance Requirements Sheet and teaches the sheet rule by rule.
For: teachers, science supervisors, administrators and facilities staff in Texas's public and private educational institutions.
The Texas requirements covered
- The Texas Hazard Communication Act and its lab exemption
- The written hazard communication program and training
- The workplace chemical list, labels, the rights notice and accident reports
- Eye protection for teachers and students
- Registering Class 3B and Class 4 lasers
- Registering with TCEQ as a hazardous waste generator
- Which fire rules govern, and the State Fire Marshal
- Opting a child out of a lesson such as dissection
- Standards for new and renovated district science labs
Included
- Nine short lessons that follow the sheet
- The sheet as a PDF
- Texas scenarios
- A task that checks an organization against the sheet
- A 10-question quiz
- The Science Safety Certificate
The module explains Texas law so the right questions get asked. It is not legal advice.
