Briefing Package: Emergency Temporary Standard / Emergency Regulation, Infectious Disease Prevention: SARS-CoV-2 Virus That Causes COVID-19, 16VAC25-220 (Board meeting June 24, 2020, continued June 29 and July 15, 2020)

The record

Jurisdiction

Virginia; Safety and Health Codes Board, Department of Labor and Industry (State-plan OSHA agency, statewide) · Virginia

Level

Sector regulator

Authority

Va. Code §§ 40.1-22(6a), 2.2-4011; EO 63 § E

Issued

2020-06-23 June 23, 2020

Effective

n/a (rulemaking record); the standard it supported was adopted July 15, 2020 and took effect July 27, 2020 (Ex. VA-036) (read as 2020-07-15)

End

n/a; the ETS expired on adoption of the permanent standard effective Jan. 27, 2021 (Ex. VA-037); the permanent standard was revoked effective Mar. 23, 2022 (Ex. AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-043) (read as 2021-01-27)

In force

July 15, 2020 to Jan. 27, 2021

Quarters

2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation

Addressees

• every employer, employee and place of employment within VOSH jurisdiction

Functions reached

• EMP employer-directed workplace rules in every industry (exposure assessment, distancing, face coverings, sanitation, notification, return-to-work)
• WF workforce (exclusion of symptomatic and exposed employees)
• HR training and written infectious disease preparedness and response plans
• OP office and administration

Collection

State labor and workplace-safety agencies AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE

Operative words

Workplace exposures to SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 constitute a grave danger to employees and employers in Virginia necessitating the adoption of an emergency temporary standard pursuant to Va. Code § 40.1-22(6a).

Enforcement

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