78B-7-1101. Definitions for part.
As used in this part:
(1) "Employee" means: an individual who is employed by an employer for compensation; or a volunteer.
(2) "Employer" means: a person that employs an individual in this state; or a nonprofit organization for which volunteers donate services.
(3) "Ex parte workplace violence protective order" means an order issued without notice to the respondent under this part.
(4) "Protective order" means: a workplace violence protective order; or an ex parte workplace violence protective order.
(5) "Workplace violence" means knowingly causing or threatening to cause bodily injury to, or significant damage to the property of, a person, if: the person is: an employer; an employee performing the employee's duties as an employee; or an employee who is a volunteer; and the action would cause a reasonable person to feel terrorized, frightened, intimidated, or harassed; or the threat: would cause a reasonable person to fear that the threat will be carried out; and if carried out, would cause a reasonable person to feel terrorized, frightened, intimidated, or harassed.
(6) "Volunteer" means an individual who donates services without pay or other compensation to a nonprofit organization except for expenses actually and reasonably incurred by the nonprofit organization.
(7) "Workplace violence protective order" means an order issued under this part after a hearing on the petition, of which the petitioner and respondent have been given notice.