29 CFR § 500.133 - Substantive Federal and State safety and health standards defined.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t29/s500.133"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "29 CFR § 500.133 - Substantive Federal and State safety and health standards defined."
title_number: 29
title_name: "Labor"
section_number: "500.133"
section_name: "Substantive Federal and State safety and health standards defined."
chapter_name: "WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS"
part_number: "500"
part_name: "MIGRANT AND SEASONAL AGRICULTURAL WORKER PROTECTION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Pub. L. 97-470, 96 Stat. 2583 (29 U.S.C. 1801-1872); Secretary's Order No. 01-2014 (Dec. 19, 2014), 79 FR 77527 (Dec. 24, 2014); 28 U.S.C. 2461 Note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990); and Pub. L. 114-74, 129 Stat 584."
regulatory_source: "48 FR 36741, Aug. 12, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "500"
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# 500.133 Substantive Federal and State safety and health standards defined.

Substantive safety and health standards include, but are not limited to, those that provide fire prevention, an adequate and sanitary supply of water,

plumbing maintenance, structurally sound construction of buildings, effective maintenance of those buildings, provision of adequate heat as weather conditions require, and reasonable protections for inhabitants from insects and rodents. Substantive housing standards do not include technical or procedural violations of safety and health standards.