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...As used in this chapter: (A) "Person," in addition to those included in division (C) of section 1.59 of the Revised Code, includes employee organizations, public employees, and public employers. (B) "Public employer" means the state or any political subdivision of the state located entirely within the state, including, without limitation, any municipal corporation with a population of at least five thousand accordi...

...(A) As used in sections 4121.01 to 4121.29 of the Revised Code: (1) "Place of employment" means every place, whether indoors or out, or underground, and the premises appurtenant thereto, where either temporarily or permanently any industry, trade, or business is carried on, or where any process or operation, directly or indirectly related to any industry, trade, or business, is carried on and where any person is dir...

...As used in sections 4123.031 to 4123.037 of the Revised Code: (A) "Emergency management worker" means anyone who has been duly registered for service pursuant to section 5502.34 of the Revised Code, in connection with the development, maintenance, and operation of any state or local emergency management agency authorized by law and who has met the minimum requirements as set forth in sections 4123.031 to 4123.037 of...

...As used in this section and section 4123.039 of the Revised Code: (A) "Apprentice" and "apprenticeship agreement" have the meaning defined in section 4139.01 of the Revised Code. (B) "Related and supplemental instructions" means training offered, conducted, supervised, or given under the sponsorship of any joint apprenticeship committee or other sponsoring organization to apprentices, which training is given in a...

...Every employee who is disabled because of the contraction of an occupational disease or the dependent of an employee whose death is caused by an occupational disease, is entitled to the compensation provided by sections 4123.55 to 4123.59 and 4123.66 of the Revised Code subject to the modifications relating to occupational diseases contained in this chapter. An order of the administrator issued under this section is ...

...As used in sections 4123.93 to 4123.932 of the Revised Code: (A) "Claimant" means a person who is eligible to receive compensation, medical benefits, or death benefits under this chapter or Chapter 4121., 4127., or 4131. of the Revised Code. (B) "Statutory subrogee" means the administrator of workers' compensation, a self-insuring employer, or an employer that contracts for the direct payment of medical services pu...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Assurance organization" means an independent and qualified entity approved by the administrator of workers' compensation to certify the qualifications of a professional employer organization or professional employer organization reporting entity. (B) "Client employer" means a sole proprietor, partnership, association, limited liability company, or corporation that enters into a prof...

...As used in sections 4127.01 to 4127.14 of the Revised Code: (A) "Work-relief employee" means any person engaged in any public relief employment, and receiving "work-relief," who is under the supervision and control of any employer mentioned in this section or any agency of such employer. (B) "Work-relief" means public relief given in the form of public funds or goods, on the basis of the budgetary needs of the work...

...As used in sections 4131.01 to 4131.06 of the Revised Code: (A) "Federal act" means Title IV of the "Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969," 83 Stat. 742, 30 U.S.C.A. 801, as now or hereafter amended. (B) "Coal-workers pneumoconiosis fund" means the fund created and administered pursuant to sections 4131.01 to 4131.06 of the Revised Code and does not refer, directly or indirectly, to any fund created and ...

...As used in sections 4131.11 to 4131.16 of the Revised Code: (A) "Federal act" means the "Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act Amendments of 1972," 86 Stat. 1251, 33 U.S.C.A. 901. (B) "Marine industry fund" means the fund created and administered pursuant to sections 4131.11 to 4131.16 of the Revised Code and does not refer, directly or indirectly, to any fund created and administered pursuant ...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Alternate employer organization" means a sole proprietor, partnership, association, limited liability company, or corporation that enters into an agreement with one or more client employers for purposes of providing human resource management services and sharing employer responsibility and liability. (B) "Alternate employer organization agreement" means a written contract between a c...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Apprentice" means a person at least sixteen years of age, except when a higher minimum age standard is otherwise fixed by law, who is in a registered apprenticeship program to learn a skilled occupation, pursuant to a registered apprenticeship agreement. (B) "Apprenticeship agreement" means a written agreement, registered with the apprenticeship council, providing for not less t...

...As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (A)(1) "Employer" means any of the following, provided the individual or entity is subject to this chapter under section 4141.011 of the Revised Code: any state, its instrumentalities, its political subdivisions and their instrumentalities, Indian tribes, and any individual or type of organization including any partnership, limited liability company, ...

...(A) As used in this section and in sections 4141.51 to 4141.56 of the Revised Code: (1) "Affected unit" means a department, shift, or other organizational unit of two or more employees that is designated by a participating employer in a shared work plan. (2) "Approved shared work plan" means an employer's shared work plan, submitted pursuant to section 4141.51 of the Revised Code, that satisfies all of the requir...

...As used in Chapter 4163. of the Revised Code: (A) "Atomic energy" means all forms of energy released in the course of nuclear fission or nuclear transformation. (B) "By-product material" has the same meaning as in section 3748.01 of the Revised Code. (C) "Production facility" means any equipment or device capable of the production of special nuclear material in such quantity as to be of significa...

...As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, "authority" means the Ohio nuclear development authority created and constituted under section 4164.04 of the Revised Code.

...As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (A) "Certification mark" means a mark used in connection with the goods or services of a person other than the certifier to indicate geographic origin, material, mode of manufacture, quality, accuracy, or other characteristics of the goods or services or to indicate that the work or labor on the goods or services was performed by members of a union or o...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Public employer" means any of the following: (1) The state and its instrumentalities; (2) Any political subdivisions and their instrumentalities, including any county, county hospital, municipal corporation, city, village, township, park district, school district, state institution of higher learning, public or special district, state agency, authority, commission, or board; (3) ...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Skier" means any person who is using the facilities of a ski area, including, but not limited to, the ski slopes and ski trails, for the purpose of skiing, which includes, without limitation, sliding or jumping on snow or ice on skis, a snowboard, sled, tube, snowbike, toboggan, or any other device. (B) "Passenger" means any person who is being transported or conveyed by a passenger tr...

...As used in Chapter 4171. of the Revised Code: (A) "Operator" means a person that owns, manages, controls, directs, or has operational responsibility for a roller skating rink. (B) "Roller skater" means a person wearing roller skates while in a roller skating rink for the purpose of recreational or competitive roller skating. "Roller skater" includes any person entering a roller skating rink as an invitee, whether o...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Customer" means an individual who is lawfully on the premises of a retail establishment. (B) "Eligible medical condition" means Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, any other inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome, or any other medical condition that requires immediate access to a toilet facility. (C) "Retail establishment" means a place of business open to the gen...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Climbing facility operator" means a person who owns, manages, controls, directs, or has operational responsibility for a climbing facility. (B) "Climber" means a person in a climbing facility for the purpose of recreational or competitive climbing. "Climber" includes any person entering a climbing facility as an invitee, whether or not the person pays consideration to enter. (C) "C...

...(A) As used in the Revised Code: (1) "Intoxicating liquor" and "liquor" include all liquids and compounds, other than beer, containing one-half of one per cent or more of alcohol by volume which are fit to use for beverage purposes, from whatever source and by whatever process produced, by whatever name called, and whether they are medicated, proprietary, or patented. "Intoxicating liquor" and "liquor" include cide...

...As used in sections 4303.01 to 4303.37 of the Revised Code, "intoxicating liquor," "liquor," "sale," "sell," "vehicle," "alcohol," "beer," "wine," "mixed beverages," "spirituous liquor," "sealed container," "person," "manufacture," "manufacturer," "wholesale distributor," "distributor," "hotel," "restaurant," "club," "night club," "at retail," "pharmacy," and "enclosed shopping center" have the same meanings as in s...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Convention facility" means any structure owned or leased by a municipal corporation or county which was expressly designed and constructed and is currently used for the purpose of presenting conventions, public meetings, and exhibitions. (2) "Nonprofit organization" means any unincorporated nonprofit association or nonprofit corporation that is not formed for the pecuniary ga...