[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 9]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1990.103]

[Page 228]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
CHAPTER XVII--OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 
                          OF LABOR (CONTINUED)
 
PART 1990_IDENTIFICATION, CLASSIFICATION, AND REGULATION OF POTENTIAL 
OCCUPATIONAL CARCINOGENS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1990.103  Definitions.

    Terms used in this part shall have the meanings set forth in the 
Act. In addition, as used in this part, the following terms shall have 
the meanings set forth below:
    Act means the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (Pub. L. 
91-596, 84 Stat. 1590 et seq., 29 U.S.C. 551 et seq.).
    Administrator of EPA means the Administrator of the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency, or designee.
    Chairperson of CPSC means the Chairman of the United States Consumer 
Product Safety Commission, or designee.
    Commissioner of FDA means the Commissioner of the Food and Drug 
Administration, United States Department of Health and Human Services, 
or designee.
    Director of NCI means the Director of the National Cancer Institute, 
United States Department of Health and Human Services, or designee.
    Director of NIEHS means the Director of the National Institute of 
Environmental Health Sciences, United States Department of Health and 
Human Services, or designee.
    Director of NIOSH means the Director of the National Institute for 
Occupational Safety and Health, United States Department of Health and 
Human Services, or designee.
    Mutagenesis means the induction of heritable changes in the genetic 
material of either somatic or germinal cells.
    Positive results in short-term tests means positive results in 
assays for two or more of the following types of effect:
    (1) The induction of DNA damage and/or repair;
    (2) Mutagenesis in bacteria, yeast, Neurospora or Drosophila 
melanogaster;
    (3) Mu ta gen e sis in mam mal ian so ma tic cells;
    (4) Mu ta gen e sis in mam mal ian ger min al cells; or
    (5) Neo plas tic trans for ma tion of mam mal ian cells in cul ture.
    Potential occupational carcinogen means any substance, or 
combination or mixture of substances, which causes an increased 
incidence of benign and/or malignant neoplasms, or a substantial 
decrease in the latency period between exposure and onset of neoplasms 
in humans or in one or more experimental mammalian species as the result 
of any oral, respiratory or dermal exposure, or any other exposure which 
results in the induction of tumors at a site other than the site of 
administration. This definition also includes any substance which is 
metabolized into one or more potential occupational carcinogens by 
mammals.
    Secretary of HHS means the Secretary of the United States Department 
of Health and Human Services, or designee.