§ 28-20-1 — § 28-20-1. Definitions.

Rhode Island § 28-20-1

• Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
• Title 28: Labor and Labor Relations
• Ch. 28-20: Division of Occupational Safety

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§ 28-20-1. Definitions.

When used in this chapter:

(1) "Amendment� means any modification or change in a code intended to be of universal or general application.

(2) "Code� means a standard body of rules for safety and health formulated, adopted, and issued by the commission under the provisions of this chapter.

(3) "Commission� means the code commission for occupational safety and health created by this chapter.

(4) "Director� means the director of labor and training or his or her duly authorized representative.

(5) "Employ� means the use of any services of an employee for compensation and includes to suffer or permit to work.

(6) "Employee� means an individual who is employed by an employer.

(7) "Employer� means a person, firm, corporation, partnership, association, receiver or trustee in bankruptcy having one or more persons in his, her, or its employ, a state agency, or an agency of a political subdivision of the state, or any person acting, directly or indirectly, in the interest of an employer.

(8) "Review board� means the occupational safety and health review board created by this chapter.

(9) "Standard� means a federal standard adopted by the United States Secretary of Labor for the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

(10) "Variance� means a limited modification or change in a code which is applicable only to the particular place of employment of the employer or person petitioning for the modification or change.

Legislative History

P.L. 1973, ch. 260, § 2.