The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Alaska
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Alaska State plan obligations under 29 U.S.C. 667 and 29 C.F.R. 1953.5 (adoption of federal emergency temporary standards); AS 18.60.030; 8 AAC 61.1010
- Issued
- 2021-07-19 July 19, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-07-21
- End
- 180 days from July 21, 2021 unless extended (Jan. 17, 2022); federal OSHA withdrew the non-recordkeeping provisions of the Healthcare ETS on Dec. 27, 2021 (read as 2021-07-21)
- In force
- July 21, 2021 to July 21, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesStanding dutyOperating condition
- Addressees
- specified businesses: settings where any employee provides healthcare services or healthcare support services (29 C.F.R. 1910.502(a)), including hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, ambulatory care, home health, emergency response
- Character
- covid workplace rule
- Collection
- Standing duties: Alaska DUT-AK
Operative words
This program directive is formal notice that Alaska OSH is implementing OSHA's Occupational Exposure to COVID-19; Emergency Temporary Standard 29 CFR 1910. This program directive will be effective July 21, 2021 and will expire in 180 days unless otherwise extended.
Penalty
AS 18.60.095 civil penalties for violation of an adopted standard; citation under AS 18.60.091
What it required
Brought the federal COVID-19 Healthcare ETS (29 C.F.R. 1910.502: written COVID-19 plan, patient screening and management, PPE and respirators, aerosol-generating-procedure controls, physical distancing, barriers, cleaning, ventilation, health screening and medical management, paid leave for vaccination and its side effects, training, recordkeeping and reporting) into force for Alaska health-care employers for the whole of the third quarter of 2021.
Retrieval noteThe file is 22 MB because the directive attaches the full ETS text and preamble. AKOSH Program Directive 22-04 later addressed the retained recordkeeping provision, 29 C.F.R. 1910.502(q) (not saved). The federal ETS itself is held in the Federal folder of the Orders Library (Ex. FED-080; its Dec. 27, 2021 status statement is Ex. FED-085).