Ch. 59                            MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                91

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH PROBLEMS:

(9)     EXPLORING WAYS TO DISCOVER LATENT DISEASES,
ESTABLISHING CAUSAL CONNECTIONS BETWEEN DISEASES AND
WORK IN ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS, AND CONDUCTING
OTHER RESEARCH RELATING TO OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
PROBLEMS;

(10)   ENCOURAGING JOINT LABOR-MANAGEMENT EFFORTS TO
REDUCE INJURIES AND DISEASE ARISING OUT OF EMPLOYMENT;

AND

(11)  BY PROVIDING FOR APPROPRIATE REPORTING PROCEDURES
WITH RESPECT TO OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH WHICH
PROCEDURES WILL HELP ACHIEVE THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS
SUBTITLE AND ACCURATELY DESCRIBE THE NATURE OF THE
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH PROBLEMS.

29. DEFINITIONS.

WHEN USED IN THIS SUBTITLE:

(A)   "COMMISSIONER" MEANS THE COMMISSIONER OF LABOR
AND INDUSTRY.

(B)  "EMPLOYER" MEANS A PERSON ENGAGED IN ANY BUSINESS,
TRADE, COMMERCE OR INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY IN THIS STATE
WHO EMPLOYS ONE OR MORE EMPLOYEES TO WORK FOR WAGES,
SALARIES, OR ON COMMISSION AND SHALL INCLUDE THE STATE,
AND ALL COUNTY, CITY, AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS AND
ANY AGENCY THEREOF.

(C)  "EMPLOYEE" MEANS AN EMPLOYEE OF AN EMPLOYER WHO
IS EMPLOYED FOR WAGE, SALARIES OR COMMISSIONS IN THE
BUSINESS, TRADE, COMMERCE OR INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY OF HIS
EMPLOYER AND SHALL INCLUDE EMPLOYEES OF THE STATE,
COUNTY, CITY, AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS OR ANY AGENCY
THEREOF.

(D)      "PERSON" MEANS ONE OR MORE INDIVIDUALS,
PARTNERSHIPS, ASSOCIATIONS, CORPORATIONS, BUSINESS
TRUSTS, RECEIVERS, TRUSTEES, LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES OR
ANY ORGANIZED GROUP OF PERSONS OR SUCCESSOR TO ANY OF
THE AFOREGOING.

(E)  "PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT" MEANS ANY PLACE IN OR ABOUT
WHICH AN EMPLOYEE OR EMPLOYEES ARE SUFFERED OR
PERMITTED TO WORK.

(F)  "OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARD" MEANS
A STANDARD WHICH REQUIRES CONDITIONS, OR THE ADOPTION
OR USE OF ONE OR MORE PRACTICES, MEANS, METHODS,
OPERATIONS, OR PROCESSES, REASONABLY NECESSARY OR
APPROPRIATE TO PROVIDE SAFE AND HEALTHFUL EMPLOYMENT
AND PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT.

(G)      "NATIONAL CONSENSUS STANDARD" MEANS ANY
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARD OR
MODIFICATION THEREOF WHICH HAS BEEN ADOPTED AND