DOSH, Standards Board Formalizing Their Advisory Committee Procedures

OAKLAND -- Cal/OSHA is depending more and more on the advisory committee process to help it craft major regulatory packages. Now, for the first time, the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) and the Cal/OSH Standards Board are putting together formal procedures to guide the process.The Standards Board issued draft guidelines in December; they are currently under review at DOSH. While there is nothing earthshaking in the guidelines and they carry no regulatory weight, they do underscor