Terms Used In Tennessee Code 50-3-201

• commissioner of labor and workforce development: means the chief executive officer of the department of labor and workforce development. See Tennessee Code 50-3-103
• 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.
• Federal standard: means a standard adopted by a rule promulgated under §. See Tennessee Code 50-3-103
• Issue: means a category of like industrial, occupational or hazard groupings that affects the safety and health of employment or place of employment and is suggested by the groupings in the Code of Federal Regulations, title 29, chapter XVII, part 1910. See Tennessee Code 50-3-103
• 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.
• Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Standard: means an occupational safety and health standard promulgated by the commissioner that requires conditions or the adoption or the use of one (1) or more practices, means, methods, operations or processes reasonably necessary or appropriate to provide safe and healthful employment and places of employment. See Tennessee Code 50-3-103
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105