The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Utah
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Utah Code section 63G-3-304 (120-day emergency rules) and Utah Admin. Code R15-4-8; the rule authorized by Utah Code section 34A-6-104
- Issued
- 2020-12-01 Dec. 1, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-11-09 (rule); 2020-12-01 (publication) (read as 2020-11-09)
- End
- 120 days from November 9, 2020 (see Ex. DUT-UT-018) (read as 2020-11-09)
- In force
- Nov. 9, 2020 to Nov. 9, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q42021 Q1
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesStanding duty
- Addressees
- Character
- covid workplace rule
- Collection
- Standing duties: Utah DUT-UT
Operative words
NOTICE OF EMERGENCY (120-DAY) RULE... Utah Admin. Code R614-1-5 Filing No. 53189... Effective Date: 11/09/2020... The purpose of this change is to protect employees by preventing the spread of COVID-19 in their workplaces by using face masks.... This rule would enable enforcement of the recommendations and orders given previously to wear face masks in the workplace.
Penalty
UOSH civil penalties under Utah Code section 34A-6-307 (Ex. DUT-UT-012)
What it required
The official register notice of the UOSH emergency rule: it fixes the effective date (November 9, 2020), the statutory authority (section 34A-6-104), the emergency justification ('cause an imminent peril to the public health, safety, or welfare'), the summary ('Face masks have been recommended and at times ordered by Governor Herbert in the workplace... This rule would enable enforcement of the recommendations and orders given previously'), and the catchline of the base rule that adopts the federal OSHA standards for Utah ('R614-1-5. Adoption and Extension of Established Federal Safety Standards and General Safety Orders').
Retrieval noteThe full Bulletin issue (2.4 MB); the notice appears under 'Notices of 120-Day (Emergency) Rules'. The Bulletin also records that a 120-day rule 'is not codified as part of the Utah Administrative Code,' which is why R614-1-5.F does not appear in the codified rule; the Commission's posted PDF (Ex. DUT-UT-018) is the rule's text.