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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 09.12.36.02" title_num="09" subtitle_num="12" chapter_num="36" heading="Definitions.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The following terms have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Terms Defined.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>“Agricultural employer” means any person, corporation, association, or other legal entity that:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Owns or operates an agricultural establishment;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Contracts with the owner or operator of an agricultural establishment in advance of production for the purchase of a crop and exercises substantial control over production; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Recruits and supervises employees or is responsible for the management and condition of an agricultural establishment.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>“Agricultural establishment” means any business operation which uses paid employees in the production of food, fiber, materials such as seed, seedlings, and plants, or other agricultural or horticultural commodities.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>“Employee” means an employee as defined in  Labor and Employment Article, §5-101(c), Annotated Code of Maryland, and includes any person engaged in hand-labor operations in the field.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Hand-Labor Operations. “Hand-labor operations”:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Means agricultural activities or operations performed by hand or with hand tools, including the:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Harvest of vegetables, nuts, and fruit,</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Weeding of crops,</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Planting of seedlings, and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>Except for the purposes of Regulation .03C(5)(a), other activities or operations performed in conjunction with hand-labor in the field;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Does not include:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Activities such as logging operations and the care or feeding of livestock, or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Hand-labor operations in permanent structures including poultry operations, canning facilities, or packing houses.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>“Handwashing facility” means a facility consisting of a basin, container, or outlet, and an adequate supply of potable water, soap, and single-use towels.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>“Potable water” means water that meets the quality standards for drinking purposes prescribed by the State or local authority having jurisdiction, or the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's National Interim Primary Drinking Water Regulations, 40 CFR Part 141, here incorporated by reference.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Toilet Facility. “Toilet facility”:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Means either a fixed, portable, or transportable facility designed for the purpose of defecation and urination; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>May include biological or chemical toilets, combustion toilets, or sanitary privies, when allowed by the Maryland Department of Health.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>