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Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-064 Order Primary source read

Emergency rule WSR 21-12-083, readopting WAC 246-358-002 with revisions for fully vaccinated occupants

Emergency Rules, Department of Health, Chapter 246-358 WAC, Temporary Worker Housing (WSR 21-12-083)

Washington State Department of Health · Washington State Department of Health (State agency) (Sector regulator)

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Jurisdiction
Washington State Department of Health (State agency) · Washington
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
RCW 70.114A.065; RCW 43.70.335; RCW 34.05.350
Issued
2021-06-01 June 1, 2021
Effective
2021-06-01 9:11 a.m. (read as 2021-06-01)
End
120 days (RCW 34.05.350(2)), about Sept. 29, 2021; any further readoption after that date was not checked (read as 2021-09-29)
In force
June 1, 2021 to Sept. 29, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Capacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolation
Addressees
  • operators of licensed temporary worker housing
Functions reached
  • LB labor housing (unvaccinated occupants remain subject to distancing, face coverings, isolation and cohorting)
  • FP farm production (2021 harvest)
  • WF workforce (vaccination status)
Collection
State agriculture, parks and wildlife agencies AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE

Operative words

Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing. Purpose: Chapter 246-358 WAC, Temporary worker housing... [DOH] and L&I filed the initial emergency rules on May 13, 2020, WSR 20-11-024 and 20-11-025 respectively. As the [pandemic continued, in] response to the governor's guidance, DOH and L&I filed subsequent emergency rules on September 10, 2020 [and January 8, 2021, and revised them May 7, 2021 to relax] distancing for fully vaccinated individuals. (1) Updates the requirements related to fully vaccinated occupants as follows: (a) Cloth face coverings do not apply to fully vaccinated occupants.

Enforcement

RCW 70.114A licence enforcement

Notes

In force on July 1, 2021 and, within its 120-day life, through late September 2021: a Q3 2021 instrument with the force of law on Washington's agricultural employers.

Retrieval note

Bracketed words summarize text between quoted fragments.