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Ex. AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-068 Order Primary source read

Reporting workplace COVID-19 cases to NMED: What you need to know (FAQs, Aug. 7, 2020)

OHSB emergency rule FAQs: four-hour reporting; rule in place for 120 days (to Dec. 3, 2020) unless made permanent; reporting channel

New Mexico Environment Department · New Mexico; New Mexico Environment Department, Occupational Health and Safety Bureau (Sector regulator)

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Jurisdiction
New Mexico; New Mexico Environment Department, Occupational Health and Safety Bureau · New Mexico
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
11.5.1.16 NMAC
Issued
2020-08-07 Aug. 7, 2020
Effective
2020-08-05
End
2020-12-03
In force
Aug. 5, 2020 to Dec. 3, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q32020 Q4
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

On Aug. 5, 2020, the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) filed an emergency amendment to require employers to report positive COVID-19 cases in the workplace to the NMED Occupational Health and Safety Bureau within four hours of being notified of the case.... The emergency rule is in place for 120 days (Dec. 3, 2020), unless NMED proposes and the Environmental [Improvement Board adopts a permanent rule].

Enforcement

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