§ 28-20-1. Definitions.
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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.
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