A. The division shall adopt definitions, regulations and standards necessary for the operation of the program in a manner that will promote safe and healthy workplaces throughout this state. Standards for the program shall include the following requirements for participation:

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Terms Used In Arizona Laws 23-432

  • Division: means the division of occupational safety and health within the commission. See Arizona Laws 23-401
  • Employee: means any person performing services for an employer, including any person defined as an employee pursuant to section 23-901, except employees engaged in household domestic labor. See Arizona Laws 23-401
  • Employer: means any individual or type of organization, including this state and all political subdivisions of this state, that has in its employ one or more individuals performing services for it in employment and includes self-employed persons, but does not include employers of household domestic labor. See Arizona Laws 23-401
  • Model system: means an exemplary and voluntary implemented worker safety and health management system that:

    (a) Exceeds basic compliance with occupational safety and health laws and regulations. See Arizona Laws 23-401

  • Program: means the voluntary protection program or any other program under which the director recognizes and partners with workplaces that have implemented a model system. See Arizona Laws 23-401
  • Workplace: means a location or site wherein work, either temporary or permanent, is being conducted in connection with an industry, trade or business. See Arizona Laws 23-401

1. Upper management leadership and active and meaningful employee involvement.

2. Systematic assessment of occupational hazards.

3. Comprehensive hazard prevention, mitigation and control programs.

4. Employee safety and health training.

5. Safety and health program evaluation by the division to ensure that a workplace continuously meets the standards and regulations.

B. Applications for participation in the program shall be submitted by the workplace’s management. Applications shall include documentation establishing to the satisfaction of the division that the employer meets all requirements for program participation.

C. The division shall provide for on-site evaluations by the division’s consultation section of each workplace that has applied to participate in the program to determine that the applicant’s workplace complies with the requirements for program participation.

D. A workplace’s continued participation in the program is conditioned on compliance with the requirements for program participation, as determined by periodic, planned on-site evaluations by the division.

E. During periods in which a workplace is a program participant, the workplace is exempt from inspections or investigations under section 23-408. This exception does not apply to inspections or investigations of the workplace arising from complaints, referrals, fatalities, catastrophes, nonfatal accidents or significant toxic chemical releases.

F. Any workplace that was a participant in the uncodified voluntary protection program or any other program that implements a model system conducted by the division before August 9, 2017 may continue as a participant in the program established pursuant to this section. Beginning on August 9, 2017, the continued participation by such a workplace in the program is conditioned on the workplace’s compliance with the requirements for program participation adopted by the division.