As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. “Agreement” means a written and signed agreement of indenture as an apprentice.

2. “Apprentice” means a person who is covered by a written agreement, issued pursuant to a program with an employer, or with an association of employers or an organization of employees acting as agent for an employer.

3. “Council” means the State Apprenticeship Council created by NRS 610.030.

4. “Disability” means, with respect to a person:

(a) A physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of the person;

(b) A record of such an impairment; or

(c) Being regarded as having such an impairment.

5. “Executive Director” means the Executive Director of the Office of Workforce Innovation.

6. “Gender identity or expression” means a gender-related identity, appearance, expression or behavior of a person, regardless of the person’s assigned sex at birth.

7. “Office of Workforce Innovation” means the Office of Workforce Innovation in the Office of the Governor created by NRS 223.800.

8. “Program” means a program of training and instruction as an apprentice in an occupation in which a person may be apprenticed.

9. “Sexual orientation” means having or being perceived as having an orientation for heterosexuality, homosexuality or bisexuality.

10. “State Apprenticeship Director” means the person appointed pursuant to NRS 610.110.

[7:192:1939; 1931 NCL § 506.06] — (NRS A 1977, 281; 1979, 766; 1987, 442; 1991, 1021; 1999, 1935; 2011, 493; 2017, 4319)