NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1969 SESSION
CHAPTER 1050
HOUSE BILL 1329
AN ACT TO REQUIRE EYE SAFETY DEVICES FOR CERTAIN STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. The governing board or authority of any public or private school or educational institution within the State, wherein shops or laboratories are conducted providing instructional or experimental programs involving:
a. Hot solids, liquids or molten metals; or
b. Milling, sawing, turning, shaping, cutting, or stamping of any solid materials; or
c. Heat treatment, tempering, or kiln firing of any metal or other materials; or
d. Gas or electric arc welding; or
e. Repair or servicing of any vehicle; or
f Caustic or explosive chemicals or materials, shall provide for and require that every student and teacher wear industrial quality eye protective devices at all times while participating in any such program. These industrial quality eye protective devices shall be furnished free of charge to the student and teacher.
Sec. 2. Visitors to such shops and laboratories shall be furnished with and required to wear such eye safety devices while such programs are in progress.
Sec. 3. "Industrial quality eye protective devices," as used in Section 1, means devices meeting the standards of the U.S.A. Standard Practice for Occupational and Educational Eye and Face Protection, Z 87.1-1968 approved by the U.S.A. Standards Institute, Inc.
Sec. 4. In those cases where 'corrective-protective' devices that require prescription ophthalmic lenses are necessary, such devices shall only be supplied by those persons licensed by the State to prescribe or supply 'corrective-protective' devices.
Sec. 5. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 6. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 1969.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 26th day of June, 1969.