Oklahoma § 40-402 - Occupational health and safety - Definitions

§ 40-402. Occupational health and safety - Definitions

As used in the Oklahoma Occupational Health and Safety Standards

Act:

1. "Employer" means the state and all its political

subdivisions which has in its employ one or more individuals

performing services for it in employment; and

2. "Employee" means a person permitted to work by an employer

in employment; and

3. "Place of employment" means the plant or premises in or

about which an employee is permitted to work; and

4. "Department" means the Oklahoma Department of Labor; and

5. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Labor; and

6. "Division" means the Health and Safety Education and

Training Division; and

7. "Standard" has the same meaning as, and includes, the words

"regulation", "code", and "rule"; and

8. "National consensus standards" means any occupational safety

or health standard adopted under a consensus method by a nationally

recognized standards-producing organization; and

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 40. Labor

9. "Employment" includes all services for pay pursuant to a

contract of hire except service in agricultural employment.

Laws 1970, c. 287, § 2, operative July 1, 1970; Laws 1984, c. 147, §

2, operative July 1, 1984; Laws 1992, c. 305, § 2, emerg. eff. May

27, 1992.