(a) This chapter shall not apply to any employer which is an educational institution, a federal, state or county government, or any department, agency, board or commission thereof, but shall apply to the City and its agencies, departments and subdivisions.
(b) This chapter shall not apply to any laboratory operated by an otherwise covered employer, including research laboratories, analytical laboratories and medical laboratories, so long as the names of materials in such laboratories are available to the employees.
(c) This chapter shall not apply to any person or entity who or which employs domestic workers or casual laborers solely at a residence.
(d) This chapter shall not apply to hazardous chemicals in the process of being transported in, into or through the City.
(e) This chapter shall not apply to substances which are consumer products, foodstuffs or tobacco products packaged for distribution to, and intended for use by, the general public. This includes any product used by an employer in the same physical form, approximate amount, concentration and manner as used by consumers, and to which, in the employer's knowledge, employee exposure is not significantly greater than that of the consumer in foreseeable consumer uses of the product.
(f) This chapter shall not apply to toxic or hazardous substances in containers having a volume of one gallon or less of liquid, or a weight of ten pounds or less, except that such substances must be identified for the employees and must be identified on an area list.
(g) This chapter does not apply to chemicals which are foods, drugs, cosmetics or tobacco products intended for personal consumption by employees while in the workplace. (Ord. 85-50. Passed 9-16-85.)