{"id":"DUT-KS-013","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Kansas","state":"KS","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Kansas Legislature (K.S.A., Revisor of Statutes)","authority":"K.S.A. 44-636","instrument":"K.S.A. 44-636, Places of business; inspection; safety and protection of employees; sanitary conditions; orders; penalty","title":"44-636. Places of business; inspection; safety and protection of employees; orders; notice and hearing; penalty","dateIssued":"2021-01-01","effective":"standing throughout 2020-2021","end":"standing","startDate":"2021-01-01","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","EMP","COND"],"addressees":["employers; owners, proprietors, agents, administrators and lessees of any factory, mill, workshop, mercantile establishment, laundry or other business location"],"clause":"If it shall be found upon such investigation that the heating, lighting, ventilation, occupant capacity or sanitary arrangement of any such establishment or place is such as to be injurious to the health of persons employed... the secretary... shall notify in writing the owner... [with] an order that requires... changes in methods of operation or the taking of any other measures","enforcement":"(g) willful violation of the section or of any lawful order under it is a misdemeanor with a fine of $25 to $100, \u0027each day that such violation exists shall constitute a separate offense\u0027; (h) injunctive relief through the attorney general","functions":[],"notes":"Subjected every Kansas business location \u0027where labor is or is intended to be performed\u0027 to inspection of \u0027the sanitary conditions\u0027 and \u0027the methods of protection from danger to employees,\u0027 and to written orders requiring \u0027changes in methods of operation or the taking of any other measures the secretary may deem appropriate and necessary for the safety and protection of the employees\u0027; imminent-danger orders under (d) may bar employees from the affected area; the State counterpart of the federal general duty clause for a federal-OSHA State.","sourceUrl":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch44/044_006_0036.html","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":163374,"grade":"primary","character":"workplace_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-KS","url":"/library/DUT-KS-013","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-KS-013","citation":"Kansas Legislature (K.S.A., Revisor of Statutes), K.S.A. 44-636, Places of business; inspection; safety and protection of employees; sanitary conditions; orders; penalty (standing) (Ex. DUT-KS-013)","stateName":"Kansas","related":["FED-088","FED-082","FED-083","FED-080","DUT-KS-003","DUT-KS-004","DUT-KS-005","DUT-KS-006","DUT-KS-012","DUT-KS-009"]}