Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 50 > Chapter 78 > Part 3 - Information and Education

• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Department: means the department of environmental quality provided for in Title 2, chapter 15, part 35. See Montana Code 50-78-102
• Employee: means a person who may be exposed to hazardous chemicals in the workplace under normal operating conditions or possible emergencies. See Montana Code 50-78-102
• Employer: means a person, firm, corporation, partnership, association, governmental agency, or other entity that is engaged in business or providing services and that employs workers. See Montana Code 50-78-102
• Exposure: means ingestion, inhalation, absorption, or other contact in the workplace with a hazardous chemical and includes potential, accidental, or possible exposure. See Montana Code 50-78-102
• Hazardous chemical: means , except as provided in 50-78-103:

  (a)any element, chemical compound, or mixture of elements or compounds that is a physical hazard or health hazard, as defined by subsection (c) of the OSHA standard, and that has been identified as such by the federal occupational safety and health administration or the manufacturer and has been filed with the federal occupational safety and health administration;

  (b)any hazardous chemical, as defined by subsection (d)(3) of the OSHA standard; or

  (c)any emitter of ionizing radiation. See Montana Code 50-78-102

• Local fire chief: means the chief of a governmental fire agency organized under Title 7, chapter 33, or the chief's designee. See Montana Code 50-78-102
• Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• Work area: means a room or defined space in a workplace where hazardous chemicals are produced, used, or stored and where employees are present. See Montana Code 50-78-102
• Workplace: means an establishment at one geographical location containing one or more work areas. See Montana Code 50-78-102