(A) The administrator of workers’ compensation shall operate and enforce the public employment risk reduction program created by this chapter.

Terms Used In Ohio Code 4167.02

  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Employment risk reduction standard: means a standard which requires conditions, or the adoption or use of one or more practices, means, methods, operations, or processes, reasonably necessary or appropriate to provide safe and healthful employment and places of employment. See Ohio Code 4167.01
  • Ohio employment risk reduction standard: means any risk reduction standard adopted or issued under this chapter. See Ohio Code 4167.01
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59

(B) The administrator shall do all of the following:

(1) Adopt rules, with the advice and consent of the bureau of workers’ compensation board of directors and in accordance with Chapter 119 of the Revised Code, for the administration and enforcement of this chapter. The administrator shall include both of the following in the rules:

(a) Standards the administrator shall follow in issuing an emergency temporary Ohio employment risk reduction standard under section 4167.08 of the Revised Code and in issuing a temporary variance and a variance from an Ohio employment risk reduction standard or part thereof under section 4167.09 of the Revised Code;

(b) Standards and procedures for an effective safety partnership agreement program for public employers and employees that promotes voluntary compliance with this chapter.

(2) Do all things necessary and appropriate for the administration and enforcement of this chapter.

(C) In carrying out the responsibilities of this chapter, the administrator may use, with the consent of any federal, state, or local agency, the services, facilities, and personnel of such agency, with or without reimbursement, and may retain or contract with experts, consultants, and organizations for services or personnel on such terms as the administrator determines appropriate.