Ohio Revised Code Chapter 4167 - Public Employment Risk Reduction Program

• Section 4167.01 - Public Employment Risk Reduction Program Definitions.
  As used in this chapter: (A) "Public employer" means any of the following: (1) The state and its instrumentalities; (2) Any political subdivisions and...
• Section 4167.02 - Director To Enforce Program - Public Employment Risk Reduction Advisory Commission.
  (A) The administrator of worker's compensation shall operate and enforce the public employment risk reduction program created by this chapter. (B) The administrator shall...
• Section 4167.03 - Construction And Interpretation.
  (A) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no provision of this chapter shall be construed to supersede or in any manner affect any...
• Section 4167.04 - Duty Of Public Employer To Provide Safe Place Of Employment.
  (A) Each public employer shall: (1) Furnish to each of his public employees employment and a place of employment free from recognized hazards that...
• Section 4167.05 - Compliance With Employment Risk Reduction Standards, Rules, And Orders.
  Each public employee shall: (A) Comply with Ohio employment risk reduction standards, rules, and orders adopted or issued pursuant to this chapter which are...
• Section 4167.06 - Right To Refuse To Work Under Unsafe Conditions.
  (A) A public employee acting in good faith has the right to refuse to work under conditions that the public employee reasonably believes present...
• Section 4167.07 - Commission To Adopt Rules For Employment Risk Reduction Standards.
  (A) The administrator of workers' compensation, with the advice and consent of the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors, shall adopt rules that...
• Section 4167.08 - Issuance Of Emergency Temporary Ohio Employment Risk Reduction Standard.
  (A) In the event of an emergency or unusual situation, the administrator of workers' compensation shall issue an emergency temporary Ohio employment risk reduction...
• Section 4167.09 - Application For Temporary Variance Or For Variance From Standard.
  (A) Any public employer affected by a proposed rule or Ohio employment risk reduction standard or any provision of a standard proposed under section...
• Section 4167.10 - Inspection And Investigation Of Workplaces.
  (A) In order to carry out the purposes of this chapter, the administrator of workers' compensation or the administrator's designee shall, as provided in...
• Section 4167.11 - Program Of Collection, Compilation, And Analysis Of Employment Risk Reduction Statistics.
  (A) In order to further the purposes of this chapter, the administrator of workers' compensation shall develop and maintain, for public employers and public...
• Section 4167.12 - Confidential Trade Secrets.
  All information reported to or otherwise obtained by the administrator of workers' compensation or the administrator's designee in connection with any investigation, inspection, or...
• Section 4167.13 - Prohibiting Retaliation By Employer.
  (A) No public employer shall discharge or in any manner discriminate against any public employee because the public employee, in good faith, files any...
• Section 4167.14 - Injunctive Relief.
  (A) Any court of common pleas has jurisdiction, upon petition of the administrator of workers' compensation, to restrain any conditions or practices in any...
• Section 4167.15 - Request For Hearing On Order, Rule Or Standard.
  Any public employer, public employee, or public employee representative affected by an order, rule, or Ohio employment risk reduction standard proposed, adopted, or otherwise...
• Section 4167.16 - Appeal To Court Of Common Pleas.
  (A) Any party who is adversely affected by a final order of the administrator of workers' compensation issued pursuant to division (G) of section...
• Section 4167.17 - Failure To Comply With Order.
  (A) If a public employer, public employee, or public employee representative willfully fails to comply with any final order of the administrator of workers'...
• Section 4167.18 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 09-26-1996; 06-21-2005
• Section 4167.19 - Application For Exemption From Program.
  (A) A public employer, other than a state agency, may apply to the administrator of workers' compensation for an order exempting the public employer...
• Section 4167.25 - Exposure Control Plans For Health Care Workers Definitions.
  As used in this section and sections 4167.27 and 4767.28 of the Revised Code: (A) "Bloodborne pathogen" means a microorganism present in human blood...
• Section 4167.26 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 12-30-2004
• Section 4167.27 - Adoption Of Rule And Standard For Prevention Of Exposure Incidents.
  (A) The public employment risk reduction advisory commission shall adopt a rule and Ohio employment risk reduction standard for the prevention of exposure incidents....
• Section 4167.28 - Duties Of Employer Concerning Exposure Incidents.
  (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, each public employer of public health care workers shall do all of the following:...
• Section 4167.99 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 1553.99.
  Effective Date: 1979 HB555 11-13-1979

Last modified: October 10, 2016