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TEXT VERSION OF SLIDE: Title: Respirator Program (cont’d) Where Respirator Use is Not Required Type: Text Slide Content: Employer may provide respirators at employee’s request or permit employees to use their own respirators, if employer determines that such use in itself will not create a hazard If voluntary use is permissible, employer must provide users with the information contained in Appendix D Must establish and implement those elements of a written program necessary to ensure that employee is medically able to use the respirator and that it is cleaned, stored, and maintained so it does not present a health hazard to the user Exception: Employers are not required to include in a written program employees whose only use of respirators involves voluntary use of filtering facepieces (dust masks).