Article 512-B Federal Labor Law

In each state (federal entity) a State Consultative Commission on Safety and Health at Work shall be constituted, whose purpose shall be to collaborate in the definition of the state policy on safety, health and work environment, to propose reforms and additions to the regulation and to the Mexican official standards on the matter, as well as to study and propose preventive measures to reduce risks in the work centers established in its jurisdiction.

Said State Consultative Commissions shall be presided over by the State Executives and the Head of Government of Mexico City and in their integration representatives of the Ministries of Labor and Social Welfare, of Health, of the Interior and of Environment and Natural Resources, of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) shall participate; as well as those designated by the organizations of employees and of employers that they convene.

The representative of the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare before the respective State Consultative Commission shall act as Secretary of the same.