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Interim Guidance for Implementing Safety Practices for Critical Infrastructure Workers Who May Have Had Exposure to a Person with Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19 (Apr. 8, 2020)

Interim Guidance for Implementing Safety Practices for Critical Infrastructure Workers Who May Have Had Exposure to a Person with Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · United States (Federal)

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The record

Jurisdiction
United States
Level
Federal
Authority
42 U.S.C. 241; incorporated by State orders and by the CDC/OSHA meat and poultry guidance
Issued
2020-04-08 Apr. 8, 2020
Effective
2020-04-08
End
revised 2020-2021; withdrawn with the Dec. 2021 quarantine changes (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Apr. 8, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
Addressees
  • employers of critical infrastructure workers (the 16 CISA sectors)
Character
agency guidance recommendation
Collection
Standing duties: Federal layer DUT-FED

Operative words

critical infrastructure workers may be permitted to continue work following potential exposure to COVID-19, provided they remain asymptomatic and additional precautions are implemented to protect them and the community.... Pre-Screen: Employers should measure the employee's temperature and assess symptoms prior to them starting work.... Wear a Mask: The employee should wear a face mask at all times while in the workplace for 14 days after last exposure.... Social Distance: The employee should maintain 6 feet and practice social distancing as work duties permit in the workplace.... Disinfect and Clean work spaces...

Penalty

none in the guidance

What it required

Recommendation: the conditions on which an exposed critical-infrastructure worker could keep working (temperature screening before each shift, a mask for 14 days, distancing, disinfection); the alternative under the CDC's general guidance was a 14-day quarantine. State orders and the CISA guidance (Ex. FED-394) carried it to every essential employer. Character as recorded: agency_guidance_recommendation ('may be permitted'; 'should').

Retrieval note

GPO's Federal Depository Library copy of the CDC document.