Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part V-C - Farmland and Forest Land › Chapter 138j - FARM SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH DEVELOPMENTAL AND INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM GRANTS › Section 138j.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
				  have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
Act
-The Farm Safety and Occupational Health
				  Act (3 P. S. §
										§
										1901-1915).
Advisory Board
-The Farm Safety and
				  Occupational Health Advisory Board.
Agricultural production
-The production for
				  commercial purposes of crops, livestock and livestock products. The term
				  includes the processing or retail marketing of the crops, livestock or
				  livestock products if more than 50% of the processed or merchandised products
				  are produced by the farmer.
Department
-The Department of Agriculture of
				  the Commonwealth.
Designee
-A person chosen or appointed by the
				  Secretary to carry out the Secretary's duties under this chapter.
Eligible applicants
-The Pennsylvania Fire
				  Academy, public or private colleges or universities, community colleges or
				  vocational or technical schools within this Commonwealth, that provide
				  technical courses of instruction in farm safety and occupational health to
				  emergency service providers, farmers, members of farm families, farm laborers
				  and others involved in agricultural production or which develop farm safety and
				  occupational health training programs for implementation by the
				  Department.
Emergency service provider
-An employe,
				  agent, member or officer of a paid or volunteer fire company, ambulance service
				  or rescue squad located in this Commonwealth which is regularly engaged in
				  providing emergency medical care and transportation, fire protection services
				  or rescue services.
Farm
-Land in this Commonwealth which is
				  being used for agricultural production, including all farm structures,
				  buildings, facilities and farm family residences situated on the land.
Farmer
-A person who is engaged in
				  agricultural production for commercial purposes.
Farm laborer
-An individual employed by a
				  farmer in raising, cultivating, fertilizing, seeding, planting, pruning,
				  harvesting, gathering, washing, sorting, weighing or handling, drying, packing,
				  packaging, grading, storing or delivering to market in its unmanufactured
				  state, any agricultural commodity as defined in 3 Pa.C.S. Chapter 45 (relating
				  to agricultural commodities marketing) or a farm product as defined in
				  1
				  Pa.C.S. §
										1991 (relating to
				  definitions).
Members of farm family
-Any son, daughter or
				  spouse of a farmer or any lineal relation of the farmer who works on the farm
				  or any collateral relation of the first degree (such as nieces, nephews or
				  grandchildren) who work on the farm.
Person
-An individual, partnership,
				  corporation, association or other form of business enterprise.
Program
-The Farm Safety and Occupational
				  Health Developmental and Instructional Program.
Project
-A course, training, program,
				  activity or event or the development of such, pertaining to farm safety and
				  occupational health programs delineated in the act and this chapter.
Secretary
-The Secretary of Agriculture of
				  the Commonwealth or a designee.
Volunteer ambulance services
-A nonprofit
				  chartered corporation, association or organization located in this Commonwealth
				  and which is regularly engaged in the services of providing emergency medical
				  care and transportation of patients.
Volunteer fire company
-A nonprofit chartered
				  corporation, association or organization located in this Commonwealth which
				  provides fire protection services and other voluntary emergency services within
				  this Commonwealth.
Volunteer rescue squad
-A nonprofit chartered
				  corporation, association or organization located in this Commonwealth which
				  provides fire protection services and other voluntary emergency services within
				  this Commonwealth.