Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 260 - Office of Management and Enterprise Services
Chapter 25 - Personnel Administration Rules
Subchapter 21 - Employee Assistance Program
Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 260:25-21-2 - Definitions

In addition to terms defined in 260:25-1-2, the following words and terms, when used in this Part, shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Care-giving resources"means qualified professionals in the public- and private-sectors which offer corrective help with medical, mental health, emotional marital, familial, financial, or other personal problems.

"EAP"means the State Employee Assistance Program within the Human Capital Management Division, and employee assistance programs established by individual state agencies.

"EAP professional"means an individual who provides assessment, referral, consultation, and problem resolution assistance through the EAP to employees and family members seeking corrective help with medical or mental health problems, including alcohol or drug abuse and emotional, marital, familial, financial or other personal problems.

"EAP services"means assessment and referral assistance with medical and mental health problems, including alcohol or drug abuse and emotional, marital, familial, financial or other personal problems.

"EAP staff"means an individual who provides administrative support to an EAP professional.

"Employee"means any employee of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of state government.

"Family members"means members of an employee's immediate family, including spouse, children, parents, grandparents, siblings, and others whose involvement is necessary to resolve the personal problem(s) adversely affecting the employee's job performance.

"Participant"means an employee or family member who is referred to or who consults with the EAP.

"Referral"means an Appointing Authority, supervisor, or other authorized personnel informing an employee of the services and policies of the EAP.

"Threat of violence"means a written, verbal, electronic, or behavioral message that, either explicitly or implicitly, communicates the intent to inflict, or cause to be inflicted, physical harm to persons or property.

"Violence"means physical harm or attempted physical harm to persons or property.

Added at 31 Ok Reg 1346, eff 9-12-14