Rhode Island General Laws 28-20-4. Chief of division – Administrator of occupational safety and health – Compliance inspectors
(a) The director shall appoint the chief of the division of occupational safety. The appointee shall also serve for the purposes of coordinating and administering the provisions of this chapter and chapter 19 [repealed] of this title and of chapter 1.1 of Title 23 as the state occupational safety and health administrator. The appointee shall be in the classified service of the state and shall be responsible to and report to the director. Functioning as chief, the appointee shall serve as administrative head of all occupational safety programs in the state. Safety and health programs may include in-service training and other educational programs relating to occupational safety and health. Functioning as state occupational safety and health administrator, the appointee shall administer the code adoption process and perform other duties necessary to coordinate occupational safety and health activities in the state and the inspection provisions under chapter 19 [repealed] of this title. He or she shall organize and present to the director by November 15 of each year a program of occupational safety and health inspections for the following fiscal year. The occupational safety and health administrator shall consult with the director of health on matters within his or her jurisdiction during the preparation of the program of inspections prior to submission to the director. The director of labor and training shall submit to the director of health by December 1 of each year the program of occupational safety and health inspections for the following year. The occupational safety and health administrator shall propose all penalties. The basis for each penalty determination shall be a report of noncompliance prepared by a safety or health compliance inspector. Each report of noncompliance shall be in writing and shall describe with particularity the nature of the violation including a reference to the provision of the code, rule, regulation, or order alleged to have been violated, and a copy shall be submitted to the occupational safety and health administrator.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 28-20-4
- Code: means a standard body of rules for safety and health formulated, adopted, and issued by the commission under the provisions of this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-20-1
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Director: means the director of labor and training or his or her duly authorized representative. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-20-1
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- in writing: include printing, engraving, lithographing, and photo-lithographing, and all other representations of words in letters of the usual form. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-16
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
(b) The division may apply for and accept grants, or enter into contracts with any governmental agency, federal, state, or local, or any agency branches, or with any foundation, corporation, association, or individual, and may comply with its terms, conditions, and limitations, for any of the purposes of this chapter. Any money so received may be expended by the division, subject to the limitations imposed in the grants or contracts, to effect any of the purposes of the division upon properly authenticated vouchers.
(c) The director shall appoint safety compliance inspectors who shall be in the classified service of the state. Safety compliance inspectors shall perform all duties necessary to determine compliance with the safety provisions of this chapter and shall be referred to as compliance inspectors. The director shall appoint any other employees that are necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed as terminating the services of any person now employed within the division of occupational safety who is presently qualified and within the classified service of the state. All such persons shall continue in the service of the division of occupational safety and their titles shall be changed to comply with the provisions of this chapter.
History of Section.
P.L. 1973, ch. 260, § 2; P.L. 1976, ch. 55, § 3; P.L. 1982, ch. 338, §§ 2, 3; P.L. 1983, ch. 199, § 1.