---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 2200.1"
title: "29"
number: "2200.1"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/2200.1"
---

# §2200.1. Definitions.


As used in this part:

- (a) Act means the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, [29 U.S.C. 651-678](/usc/29/651-678.md).
- (b) **Commission, person,—** employer, and employee have the meanings set forth in section 3 of the Act, [29 U.S.C. 652](/usc/29/652.md).
- (c) Secretary means the Secretary of Labor or the Secretary's duly authorized representative.
- (d) Executive Secretary means the Executive Secretary of the Commission.
- (e) Affected employee means an employee of a cited employer who is exposed to or has access to the hazard arising out of the allegedly violative circumstances, conditions, practices, or operations.
- (f) Judge means an Administrative Law Judge appointed pursuant to section 12(e) of the Act, [29 U.S.C. 661(e)](/usc/29/661.md?p=e), as amended by Public Law 95-251, 92 Stat. 183, 184 (1978).
- (g) Authorized employee representative means a labor organization that has a collective bargaining relationship with the cited employer and that represents affected employees who are members of the collective bargaining unit.
- (h) Representative means any person, including an authorized employee representative, authorized by a party or intervenor to represent it in a proceeding.
- (i) Citation means a written communication issued by the Secretary to an employer pursuant to section 9(a) of the Act, [29 U.S.C. 658(a)](/usc/29/658.md?p=a).
- (j) Notification of proposed penalty means a written communication issued by the Secretary to an employer pursuant to section 10(a) or (b) of the Act, 29 U.S.C. [659(a)](/usc/29/659.md?p=a) or [(b)](/usc/29/659.md?p=b).
- (k) Day means a calendar day.
- (l) Working day means all days except Saturdays, Sundays, or Federal holidays.
- (m) Proceeding means any proceeding before the Commission or before a Judge.
- (n) **Pleadings—** are complaints and answers filed under [§ 2200.34](/cfr/29/2200.34.md), statements of reasons and employers' responses filed under [§ 2200.38](/cfr/29/2200.38.md), and petitions for modification of abatement and objecting parties' responses filed under [§ 2200.37](/cfr/29/2200.37.md). A motion is not a pleading within the meaning of these rules.

## Notes

### Amendments

[84 FR 14558, Apr. 10, 2019; 84 FR 45654, Aug. 30, 2019]

### Authority

Authority: 29 U.S.C. 661(g), unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 84 FR 14558, Apr. 10, 2019, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[84 FR 14558, Apr. 10, 2019; 84 FR 45654, Aug. 30, 2019]