The definitions applicable to this subchapter in addition to those set forth in Sections 17003-17012 of the Health and Safety Code and in Title 24, Parts 2, 3, 4 and 5, California Administrative Code are as follows:

Agricultural Employer. An “agricultural employer” as defined in Section 1140.4 of the Labor Code.

Dairy Labor Camp. A labor camp eligible for an exemption pursuant to Section 17031 of the Health and Safety Code.

Employee Community Housing. Employee housing eligible for an exemption pursuant to Sections 17005.5 and 17031.3 of the Health and Safety Code.

Labor Camp. In addition to the provisions of Health and Safety Code Section 17008, a “Labor Camp” shall include but is not limited to that portion or unit of any housing accommodation or structure which is occupied on a temporary, seasonal, or permanent basis by a total of five (5) or more agricultural workers of any agricultural employer or employers, whether or not such an accommodation or structure is maintained in connection with any work or workplace. Only those dwelling units in an accommodation or structure which, when taken together, are occupied by the five or more employees of any agricultural employer or employers are subject to this subchapter. To the extent that an accommodation or structure containing one or more units subject to this subchapter is also held out for hire to the public, and is therefore generally subject to the State Housing Law (Health and Safety Code Section 17910, et seq.), the units occupied by the five or more employees of any agricultural employer or employers shall be subject to this subchapter; however, if the existence or absence of a particular condition directly or indirectly affects any other tenant of the same structure or accommodation and would be a violation of the State Housing Law, all the units subject to this subchapter shall be subject to the standards of the State Housing Law for the purposes of the existence or absence of that condition.

Mess Hall Kitchen. A room or portion of a room used or intended to be used as a kitchen in conjunction with a mess hall.