The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- North Carolina
- Level
- State
- Authority
- G.S. 95-129(1); 13 NCAC 07F.0101 (29 C.F.R. Part 1910 incorporated); 13 NCAC 07F.0207
- Issued
- 2026-09-29 Sept. 29, 2026
- Effective
- guidance; standing (read as 2026-09-29)
- End
- standing
- In force
- Standing since Sept. 29, 2026 (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
- Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOther
- Addressees
- employers (all industries, with sector lists for health care, dentistry, emergency response, meat and poultry processing, retail and others)
- Character
- recommendation only
- Collection
- Standing duties: North Carolina DUT-NC
Operative words
The OSH Division has adopted the following standards which are, or may be, applicable to occupational exposure to COVID-19 in North Carolina. This is not all inclusive.... 29 CFR 1910.132... 29 CFR 1910.134: respiratory protection... 29 CFR 1910.141: sanitation... 29 CFR 1910.1030: bloodborne pathogens... General Duty Clause NCGS 95-129(1)
Penalty
None in the page itself; the standards it lists are enforced through G.S. 95-138 and 95-139 (Ex. DUT-NC-005)
What it required
The page states which mandatory standards NCDOL enforces against COVID-19 exposure (the Part 1910 PPE, respiratory-protection, sanitation, signage, exposure-records, bloodborne-pathogen and hazard-communication standards, the construction and maritime counterparts, 13 NCAC 07F.0207 and the general duty clause of G.S. 95-129(1)) and recommends engineering, administrative and work-practice controls ('Maintain a physical distance of at least 6 feet from other people', 'Wear a cloth face covering, especially when physical distancing cannot be maintained', 'Clean and disinfect work areas frequently'); the controls are recommendations, the standards listed are law under G.S. 95-129(2), and 'Where respirator use is required, the employer must implement an effective respiratory protection program'.
Retrieval noteRecorded as guidance: its work-practice list is advisory in terms and is not pleaded as a duty; its statement of applicable standards identifies the mandatory instruments (Exs. DUT-NC-005, DUT-NC-009). the NCDOL memos of 2022 (Exs. DUT-NC-015, DUT-NC-016) confirm the Division's COVID-19 enforcement program from 2020 onward.