65-2702. Powers and duties of secretary of health and environment. It shall be the duty of the secretary of health and environment to inquire into the composition of hazardous household articles, to determine their potentialities for harm, and take such steps as may be deemed necessary to protect the public from the use of hazardous household articles. To accomplish this end, the secretary is authorized to take samples and cause them to be analyzed, to review labeling and advertising, and to require disclosure for formulas when necessary in the public interest.

History: L. 1957, ch. 341, § 2; L. 1975, ch. 462, § 102; July 1.