{"id":"DUT-VT-016","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Vermont","state":"VT","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Vermont General Assembly (Title 21, chapter 3, subchapter 5)","authority":"29 U.S.C. sec. 667(c)(2) (State standards at least as effective as federal); 21 V.S.A. sec. 201","instrument":"21 V.S.A. sec. 224 (Rules and standards)","title":"Rules and standards (adoption of VOSHA Code standards)","dateIssued":"2024-07-01","effective":"standing; in force throughout March 2020 to September 2021","end":"standing","startDate":"2024-07-01","endDate":"","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","EMP"],"addressees":["employers (through the standards adopted); the Commissioner of Labor"],"clause":"(a) The Commissioner shall adopt rules and standards necessary to implement the purposes and duties set forth in this subchapter insofar as they relate to safety and to enforcement of the VOSHA Code. (b) The Commissioner... shall adopt rules and standards necessary to implement the purposes of the VOSHA Code and duties imposed by the Code, insofar as they relate to health.","enforcement":"21 V.S.A. sec. 210 for violation of any standard adopted","functions":[],"notes":"The Commissioner of Labor to adopt the safety and health standards of the VOSHA Code, which VOSHA does by incorporating the federal standards of 29 C.F.R. parts 1910 and 1926 by reference (29 C.F.R. 1910.6 incorporation as a VOSHA rule) and by adopting federal emergency temporary standards; it is the vehicle by which the federal COVID-19 Healthcare ETS became a Vermont rule in July 2021 (Ex. DUT-VT-017), binding on every employer under sec. 223(a).","sourceUrl":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/21/003/00224","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":44067,"grade":"primary","character":"workplace_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-VT","url":"/library/DUT-VT-016","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-VT-016","citation":"Vermont General Assembly (Title 21, chapter 3, subchapter 5), 21 V.S.A. sec. 224 (Rules and standards) (standing) (Ex. DUT-VT-016)","stateName":"Vermont","related":["DUT-VT-017"]}