The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- California
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Labor Code sections 142.3 and 6401.7 (Note to the section: 'Authority cited: Sections 142.3 and 6401.7, Labor Code. Reference: Sections 142.3 and 6401.7, Labor Code')
- Issued
- 1991-02-15 Feb. 15, 1991
- Effective
- 1991-07-01
- End
- standing (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Standing since July 1, 1991 (a statutory duty; in force throughout the six quarters)
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Workplace rulesStanding duty
- Addressees
- employers (every employer; employers with fewer than 10 employees may communicate orally under (a)(3))
- Character
- workplace duty
- Collection
- Standing duties: California DUT-CA
Operative words
every employer shall establish, implement and maintain an effective Injury and Illness Prevention Program... The Program shall be in writing and, shall, at a minimum:... (4) Include procedures for identifying and evaluating work place hazards... (6) Include methods and/or procedures for correcting unsafe or unhealthy conditions, work practices and work procedures in a timely manner
Penalty
Cal/OSHA citations and civil penalties, Labor Code sections 6427-6429; criminal liability under section 6423 (DUT-CA-010).
What it required
Required every employer, before any COVID-19-specific rule existed, to identify and evaluate workplace hazards (a category Cal/OSHA stated on July 16, 2020 includes 'recognized health hazards such as COVID-19', DUT-CA-012), to correct unhealthy conditions in a timely manner, to train employees and to communicate with them on health matters, the standing regulation under which Cal/OSHA enforced COVID-19 protections between March 19 and Nov. 30, 2020 and alongside section 3205 thereafter.
Retrieval noteDIR's official Title 8 page as displayed Sept. 28, 2026; the history notes show the section's filings of 1977 and 1991 (Register 77, No. 14; Register 91, No. 8). The COVID-19 Prevention ETS (8 C.C.R. sections 3205-3205.4; CA-023, CA-024) supplemented, and did not displace, this section.