Massachusetts’ ski area operators would no longer be required to adhere to stringent guidelines for cautionary signs on trails or lifts under regulatory changes Gov. Maura Healey proposed yesterday as part of a sweeping effort to cut “red tape” for local businesses.

A top Healey administration official argued the updates to regulations for skiing and snowboarding areas are “not really about safety” and instead make it easier for business owners to purchase signage materials and equipment from national suppliers.

“We don’t think it’s any less safe, but we do think it’s easier for the businesses to acquire those signs, and it’s more universal for the skiers to identify them,” said Sarah Wilkinson, the commissioner of the Division of Occupational Licensure.

One portion of the updated regulations for cautionary signage removes language that requires them to consist of an orange triangle on a white background with an exclamation point on a yellow background within the triangle.

Officials also proposed getting rid of a rule mandating ski areas to use three-inch by eight-inch white signs with contrasting type in conjunction with trail grooming.

Instead, ski areas would need to use “high visibility caution signage” to warn of any known hazards on a slope or trail.

“Such signage shall meet or exceed that commonly used and accepted per industry best practices,” the updated regulations said.

The updated regulations also do away with the requirement to mark snowmaking hydrants with a horizontally or diagonally striped orange and black pole that extends at least five feet above the snow.

Ski areas can instead warn of snowmaking hydrants with “high visibility caution signage that meets or exceeds that commonly used and accepted per industry best practices,” according to the updated regulations.

Wilkinson said the changes bring Massachusetts signs in line with a “nationwide standard.”

“(Skiers are) going to see the same warning signs in every state. Massachusetts isn’t picking our own way in which to mark,” she said.

Healey first said she would review business regulations during her annual State of the Commonwealth address in January.

During a press conference at the State House, Healey said her administration reviewed 150 sets of regulations and decided to cut down 38.

Healey also targeted unit price disclosure regulations that require grocery and retail stores to display information about products in a certain way. Healey said the state has “absurd” rules mandating the font size and color.

Massachusetts Food Association Vice President Brian Houghton said food, grocery, and retail stores have been living under unit pricing regulations that dictate how a store must display what you’re purchasing for almost 30 years.

“Things have changed. There’s more on the shelves in the stores now than there was back then,” Houghton said. “This is a great step forward for our industry to be able to comply easier with the laws and regulations and make it easier for the shoppers to compare when they’re shopping.”

A campaign strategist for Brian Shortsleeve, a Republican candidate for governor, said Healey has devastated Massachusetts’ business environment and made life unaffordable for working people “through her support for increased regulations, fees, and taxes.”

“As a result, Massachusetts bleeding businesses, private sector jobs, and workers, and is now dead last in the country in job growth. Brian Shortsleeve has built a career in the private sector, building businesses, and creating jobs as one of Massachusetts’ leading voices on economic growth,” campaign strategist Holly Robichaud said in a statement.