{"id":"SEC-03-005","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States","state":"","metro":"","industry":"03","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Occupational Safety and Health Administration","authority":"29 U.S.C. 655(c); 29 C.F.R. 1910.502","instrument":"COVID-19 Healthcare ETS Frequently Asked Questions (dental questions)","title":"COVID-19 Healthcare ETS FAQs","dateIssued":"2021-06-10","effective":"2021-06-21 (ETS effective); compliance July 6 and July 21, 2021","end":"2021-12-27 (ETS withdrawn except recordkeeping)","startDate":"2021-06-21","endDate":"2021-12-27","quarters":["2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["EMP","HC"],"addressees":["health care employers including dental offices"],"clause":"Aerosol-generating procedures include \u0027Dental procedures involving: Ultrasonic scalers, High-speed dental hand pieces, Air/water syringes, Air polishing, and Air abrasion\u0027 (Q22). \u0027the ETS does not apply to non-hospital ambulatory care settings where all non-employees are screened prior to entry and people with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 are not permitted to enter those settings\u0027 (Q2-3).","enforcement":"citations under the ETS; DIR 2021-02 (FED-081)","functions":["CH","PR","ST","FD","SC","HR","WF"],"notes":"The exception is conditional: a dental office was outside the ETS only by screening every non-employee at the door and excluding suspected cases, itself a compelled modification of FD and CH; offices that did not screen were inside the ETS in full (respirators for AGPs, distancing, barriers, cleaning, ventilation, paid leave for vaccination and removal).","sourceUrl":"https://www.osha.gov/coronavirus/ets/faqs","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":389544,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-03","url":"/library/SEC-03-005","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-03-005","citation":"Occupational Safety and Health Administration, COVID-19 Healthcare ETS Frequently Asked Questions (dental questions) (June 10, 2021) (Ex. SEC-03-005)","stateName":"","related":["FED-080","FED-081"]}