NMED news release, 'Environment Department files emergency amendment to require employers to disclose positive COVID-19 cases to state' (Aug. 5, 2020)

The record

Jurisdiction

New Mexico; New Mexico Environment Department · New Mexico

Level

Sector regulator

Authority

NMSA 1978 §§ 50-9-7, 50-9-13

Issued

2020-08-05 Aug. 5, 2020

Effective

2020-08-05

End

n/a (read as 2020-12-31)

In force

Aug. 5, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q32020 Q4

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Workplace rules

Addressees

• every New Mexico employer

Functions reached

• EMP
• HR
• OP

Collection

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

Operative words

Today, the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) filed an emergency rule that requires employers to report positive COVID-19 cases to NMED within four hours of being notified of the [case]. The emergency amendment goes into effect today and will remain in effect for no more than 120 days... To date, there have been more than 600 cases where the employer knew of a positive worker before NMED, including more than 280 instances where the employer knew of the case at least three days before NMED.

Enforcement