# Labor and Employment (GLE)

## Title 5. Occupational Safety and Health

### Subtitle 3. Regulations

#### Section 5-308

(a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, the Board shall advise, consult with, propose, and recommend to the Commissioner reasonable regulations:

  (1) to prevent conditions that are detrimental to safety and health in each employment or place of employment in the State; and

  (2) that the Board finds are necessary to protect and to improve the safety and health of employees on the basis of circumstantial evidence and information that:

    (i) is developed by the Commissioner;

    (ii) is available to the Commissioner; or

    (iii) is submitted by an interested person to the Board at a public hearing held under Sec. 5-310(d) of this subtitle.

(b) To carry out the requirements of subsection (a) of this section with respect to public bodies, the Board shall:

  (1) give specific consideration to the workplace conditions and safety and health concerns of employees; and

  (2) recommend higher standards, if warranted.

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Md. Code Ann., Lab. & Empl. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)