{"id":"DUT-MD-020","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Maryland","state":"MD","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Maryland Occupational Safety and Health (MOSH), Division of Labor and Industry, Maryland Department of Labor","authority":"Md. Code Ann., Lab. \u0026 Empl. Title 5 (MOSH Act), §§ 5-104, 5-206 to 5-215 (inspections)","instrument":"MOSH Instruction 21-1","title":"MOSH COVID-19 Pandemic Field Enforcement Guidelines","dateIssued":"2021-08-27","effective":"2021-08-27","end":"One year from the effective date unless cancelled or superseded (to August 27, 2022)","startDate":"2021-08-27","endDate":"2022-08-27","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["EMP","MASK","DUTY"],"addressees":["MOSH compliance and consultation staff; by its inspection protocol, every Maryland establishment MOSH entered in the third quarter of 2021"],"clause":"As reasonably practicable, MOSH will follow current CDC guidance regarding risk and transmission levels, administrative and work practice controls, and protective equipment recommendations.... State, County, and local jurisdiction mandates or requirements supersede these guidelines where the requirements are more protective.... The requirements of 29 CFR 1910 Subpart U... will take precedence","enforcement":"Not a penalty provision; the citations that followed an inspection carried Lab. \u0026 Empl. §§ 5-809 and 5-810","functions":[],"notes":"Directed every MOSH compliance officer and consultant, from August 27, 2021, to conduct field inspections under CDC transmission-level guidance, to defer to more protective State, county and local mandates, to apply the Healthcare ETS where it governs, and to record for every establishment inspected \u0027controls the employer has in place to prevent COVID-19 infection including hazard isolation, engineering controls, administrative and work practice controls, and PPE for employees\u0027 and the \u0027safety measures implemented by employer (e.g. pre-entry screening, social distancing, mask enforcement, cleaning, vaccine encouragement/mandated, etc).\u0027","sourceUrl":"https://www.labor.maryland.gov/labor/instructions/21-1.docx","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":698331,"grade":"primary","character":"guidance_incorporated","description":"","collection":"DUT-MD","url":"/library/DUT-MD-020","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-MD-020","citation":"Maryland Occupational Safety and Health (MOSH), Division of Labor and Industry, Maryland Department of Labor, MOSH Instruction 21-1 (Aug. 27, 2021) (Ex. DUT-MD-020)","stateName":"Maryland","related":[]}