DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
DIRECTOR'S OFFICE
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH STANDARDS
(By authority conferred on the director of the department of licensing and regulatory
affairs by sections 14 and 24 of 1974 PA 154, MCL 408.1014 and 408.1024; and
Executive Reorganization Orders Nos. 1996-1, 1996-2, 2003-1, 2008-4, and 2011-4,
MCL 330.3101, 445.2001, 445.2011, 445.2025 and 445.2030)
PART 504. DIVING OPERATIONS
R 325.50301 Scope.
Rule 301. This part pertains to the safe use and maintenance of equipment and
procedures of the occupation of diving and the related support operations as used in
general industry and construction operations. This part does not apply to a diving
operation performed solely for recreational instruction purposes using open-circuit
compressed-air SCUBA and conducted within the no-decompression limits.
History: 1979 AC; 2013 AACS.
R 325.50302 Rescinded.
History: 1979 AC; 2013 AACS.
R 325.50303 Adoption by reference of federal standard.
Rule 303. (1) The provisions of federal occupational safety and health administration
regulations on Commercial Diving Operations 1910 Subpart T promulgated by the
United States department of labor and codified at 29 C.F.R. §1910.401 to 1910.440
including appendices A through C are adopted by reference in these rules. As used in
these rules:
(a) "Area Director," as used in 29 C.F.R. §1910.401(b)(1) and (b)(2), means director of
the Michigan occupational safety and health administration (MIOSHA).
(b) "Assistant Secretary," as used in 29 C.F.R. §1910.440(b)(1), means director of the
department of licensing and regulatory affairs.
(c) "§1910.101," referenced in 29 C.F.R. §1910.430(e)(1), means general industry
safety standard Part 69 Compressed Gases: Acetylene, Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Nitrous
Oxide, R 408.16902, which adopts the provisions of 29 C.F.R. §1910.101.
(d) "§1910.109," referenced in 29 C.F.R. §1910.422(h)(1), means general industry
safety standard Part 55 Explosives and Blasting Agents, R 408.15501, which adopts the
provisions of 29 CFR §1910.109.
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