{"id":"DUT-NC-016","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"North Carolina","state":"NC","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"North Carolina Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Division (Scott Mabry, Assistant Deputy Commissioner; Commissioner Josh Dobson)","authority":"G.S. 95-131; G.S. 150B-21.5(c); 13 NCAC 07F.0101","instrument":"NCDOL OSH Division Memo, \u0027Repeal - Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard on Occupational Exposure to COVID-19\u0027 (March 30, 2022)","title":"Repeal of the Healthcare ETS effective March 4, 2022, reciting North Carolina\u0027s adoption of the federal COVID-19 Healthcare ETS verbatim as a permanent standard","dateIssued":"2022-03-30","effective":"records the adoption effective July 21, 2021 (13 NCAC 07F.0101) and the repeal effective Mar. 4, 2022","end":"2022-03-04 (repeal of the adopted ETS)","startDate":"2021-07-21","endDate":"2022-03-04","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["EMP","HC","MASK","DUTY"],"addressees":["employers in settings where employees provide health care or health-care support services"],"clause":"Because the initial timelines for the federal rule (6 months) did not match up with the APA timelines for emergency rules (30 days), the NC Department of Labor (NCDOL) OSH Division chose to adopt the Healthcare ETS verbatim as a permanent standard.... Commissioner of Labor Josh Dobson chose to repeal the prior adoption of the Healthcare ETS effective March 4, 2022.","enforcement":"Civil penalties under G.S. 95-138 for violation of the adopted standard","functions":[],"notes":"Confirms from the agency\u0027s own record that the federal COVID-19 Healthcare ETS (86 Fed. Reg. 32376, June 21, 2021) was adopted verbatim as a North Carolina standard, so that from July 21, 2021 every North Carolina employer providing health care or health-care support services was bound by 29 C.F.R. 1910.502 as State law, enforceable under G.S. 95-129(2) and 95-138, until the repeal effective March 4, 2022. Character as recorded: agency_position_statement (release, FAQ, memorandum or statement; covid_workplace_rule layer).","sourceUrl":"https://www.labor.nc.gov/osh/osh-enforcement-procedures/memo-covid-19-repeal-healthcare-ets/open","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":234693,"grade":"primary","character":"agency_position_statement","description":"","collection":"DUT-NC","url":"/library/DUT-NC-016","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-NC-016","citation":"North Carolina Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Division (Scott Mabry, Assistant Deputy Commissioner; Commissioner Josh Dobson), NCDOL OSH Division Memo, \u0027Repeal - Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard on Occupational Exposure to COVID-19\u0027 (March 30, 2022) (Mar. 30, 2022) (Ex. DUT-NC-016)","stateName":"North Carolina","related":["DUT-NC-009","DUT-NC-014","DUT-NC-015"]}