Library: Policy

OKDHS:2-21-202. Definitions

Issued 3-1-16

The following words and terms, when used in this Chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Assigned driver" is an employee or contract employee authorized to operate a state vehicle.This includes an employee that has a specific Oklahoma Department of Human Services (DHS) vehicle allocated for his or her use.

"Blind tag" is a civilian type of license plate used on a state vehicle to conceal the vehicle's true nature.

"Fleet manager" is an employee designated to manage the overall operations and ongoing tracking of DHS-owned and leased vehicles per DHS policy and Office of Management Enterprise Services (OMES) – Division of Capital Asset Management (DCAM), Fleet Management rules and regulations.

"High-need area" is a location recognized as having high mileage reimbursement or high rental costs.

"High risk driver" is an individual prohibited from driving a state vehicle because of past accidents or incidents that, in the determination of DHS, rendered the individual an unsafe driver and an unacceptable liability.

"Local administrator" is an employee responsible, in consultation with the fleet manager, for ensuring the vehicles are properly and safely maintained and that there is an equal opportunity for all staff to use the designated vehicles.

"Local fleet coordinator" is an employee designated by the local administrator and, by proxy of the local administrator, oversees the daily operations of the vehicles maintained by the office.

"Location" means the office that correlates to the vehicle's location code, also known as the asset inventory location code.

"Safety coordinator" is an employee designated in the local office as the point of contact for Human Resources Management – Risk and Safety Management.The safety coordinator assists the office as necessary to ensure Risk and Safety Management procedures are followed.

"Services area director" is an executive level administrative officer responsible for one or more DHS programs or administrative services.