§ 28-20-1 - Definitions. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 28-20-1

   § 28-20-1  Definitions. – When used in this chapter:

   (1) "Amendment" means any modification or change in a codeintended to be of universal or general application;

   (2) "Code" means a standard body of rules for safety andhealth formulated, adopted, and issued by the commission under the provisionsof this chapter;

   (3) "Commission" means the code commission for occupationalsafety and health created by this chapter;

   (4) "Director" means the director of labor and training orhis or her duly authorized representative;

   (5) "Employ" means the use of any services of an employee forcompensation and includes to suffer or permit to work;

   (6) "Employee" means an individual who is employed by anemployer;

   (7) "Employer" means a person, firm, corporation,partnership, association, receiver or trustee in bankruptcy having one or morepersons in his, her or its employ, a state agency, or an agency of a politicalsubdivision of the state, or any person acting, directly or indirectly, in theinterest of an employer;

   (8) "Review board" means the occupational safety and healthreview board created by this chapter;

   (9) "Standard" means a federal standard adopted by the U.S.secretary of labor for the federal occupational safety and healthadministration;

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