29 CFR § 1903.21 - State administration.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t29/s1903.21"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "29 CFR § 1903.21 - State administration."
title_number: 29
title_name: "Labor"
section_number: "1903.21"
section_name: "State administration."
chapter_name: "OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
part_number: "1903"
part_name: "INSPECTIONS, CITATIONS AND PROPOSED PENALTIES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "29 U.S.C. 657; Secretary of Labor's Order No. 8-2020 (85 FR 58393); and 5 U.S.C. 553."
regulatory_source: "36 FR 17850, Sept. 4, 1971, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1903"
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# 1903.21 State administration.

Nothing in this part 1903 shall preempt the authority of any State to conduct inspections, to initiate enforcement proceedings or otherwise to implement the applicable provisions of State law with respect to State occupational safety and health standards in accordance with agreements and plans under section 18 of the Act and parts 1901 and 1902 of this chapter.

[36 FR 17850, Sept. 4, 1971. Redesignated at 62 FR 15337, Mar. 31, 1997]