16VAC25-220, Emergency Temporary Standard, Infectious Disease Prevention: SARS-CoV-2 Virus That Causes COVID-19

The record

Jurisdiction

Virginia

Level

State

Authority

Va. Code 40.1-22(6a) (emergency temporary standards); EO 51 (2020)

Issued

2020-07-15 July 15, 2020

Effective

July 27, 2020 (training Aug. 26, 2020; infectious disease preparedness and response plans Sept. 25, 2020) (read as 2020-07-27)

End

January 27, 2021 (superseded by the permanent standard, Ex. ECO-B-046) (read as 2021-01-27)

In force

July 27, 2020 to Jan. 27, 2021

Quarters

2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation

Addressees

• every employer, employee, and place of employment in the Commonwealth within VOSH jurisdiction

Functions reached

• WF (mandatory exclusion of known/suspected cases; quarantine)
• OP
• JS job sites (multi-employer notification)

Collection

Workforce, schools and child care ECO-B

Operative words

'16VAC25-220-10... shall apply to every employer, employee, and place of employment in the Commonwealth of Virginia within the jurisdiction of the VOSH program.' '16VAC25-220-20. Effective and expiration dates. This emergency temporary standard shall take immediate effect July 27, 2020... This emergency temporary standard shall expire (i) within six months of its effective date, (ii) upon expiration of the Governor's State of Emergency, [or] (iii) when superseded by a permanent standard.' 16VAC25-220-40: employers 'shall ensure that... employees known or suspected to be infected with SARS-CoV-2 virus' are not permitted to work 'at a customer or client location until cleared for return to work'; return-to-work criteria (symptom-based: at least 72 hours since recovery and 10 days since symptoms); notification of other employers on multi-employer sites 'within 24 hours'; face coverings where six feet cannot be maintained.

Enforcement

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