{"id":"DUT-VA-007","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Virginia","state":"VA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"General Assembly of Virginia (Code of Virginia, Title 40.1, Chapter 3)","authority":"Va. Code Ann. section 40.1-22(6a)","instrument":"Va. Code section 40.1-22, Safety and Health Codes Commission continued as Safety and Health Codes Board, subdivision (6a) (emergency temporary standards)","title":"Safety and Health Codes Commission continued as Safety and Health Codes Board","dateIssued":"","effective":"standing throughout 2020 Q2 to 2021 Q3","end":"standing","startDate":"","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","EMP"],"addressees":["the Safety and Health Codes Board (rule-making duty); employers (bound by the resulting standard)"],"clause":"The Board shall provide... for an emergency temporary standard to take immediate effect upon publication in a newspaper of general circulation... if it determines that employees are exposed to grave danger from exposure to substances or agents determined to be toxic physically harmful or from new hazards, and that such emergency standard is necessary to protect employees from such danger.","enforcement":"Standards adopted under it are enforced through section 40.1-49.4 (Ex. DUT-VA-006)","functions":[],"notes":"The Safety and Health Codes Board to adopt an emergency temporary standard, effective on newspaper publication, on a finding of \u0027grave danger\u0027 to employees, and to proceed within six months to a permanent standard; the power EO 63 section E directed the Department to use (Ex. VA-012) and under which 16VAC25-220 was adopted July 15, 2020 and published July 27, 2020 (Ex. VA-036; Ex. DUT-VA-008).","sourceUrl":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title40.1/chapter3/section40.1-22/","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":82923,"grade":"primary","character":"workplace_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-VA","url":"/library/DUT-VA-007","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-VA-007","citation":"General Assembly of Virginia (Code of Virginia, Title 40.1, Chapter 3), Va. Code section 40.1-22, Safety and Health Codes Commission continued as Safety and Health Codes Board, subdivision (6a) (emergency temporary standards) (standing) (Ex. DUT-VA-007)","stateName":"Virginia","related":["VA-012","VA-036","DUT-VA-008","VA-037","AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-001","DUT-VA-006"]}