3-3124. Agricultural education and training
program
A. The assistant director shall develop an agricultural safety education and
training program utilizing visits to the workplace of employers to provide education and
advice to employers. The visits:
1. May be conducted only on request by an employer for education and advice on the
interpretation or applicability of standards, possible alternative ways of complying with
applicable standards or other matters related to accident prevention, agricultural health
or obligations pursuant to this article.
2. Shall be limited to matters specified in the request.
B. If, after evaluating the request, the assistant director determines an
alternative means of providing education is more appropriate and equally effective, he
may provide the alternative means rather than education at the workplace.
C. The assistant director shall make recommendations regarding solutions to matters
within the scope of the workplace education.
D. A visit pursuant to this section shall not be regarded as an inspection or
investigation pursuant to section 3-3110. No citation may be issued nor may any civil
penalties be proposed on such a visit, except that nothing in this section affects in any
manner any provision of this article the purpose of which is to eliminate imminent danger
violations.
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