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MDHHS Public Health Order: Testing of agricultural and food-processing employees

Emergency Order requiring COVID-19 testing of migrant and seasonal agricultural workers and meat, poultry and egg processing employees

Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (Director Robert Gordon) · Michigan (State)

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Jurisdiction
Michigan
Level
State
Authority
MCL 333.2253; MCL 333.2261
Issued
2020-08-03 Aug. 3, 2020
Effective
2020-08-03 (baseline testing within specified days; testing of new arrivals) (read as 2020-08-03)
End
2021-07-01 (order re-issued June 11, 2021 and rescinded by MDHHS order of July 1, 2021) (read as 2021-07-01)
In force
Aug. 3, 2020 to July 1, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Health care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
Addressees
  • employers of migrant and seasonal agricultural workers
  • meat, poultry and egg processing plants
  • migrant housing camp operators
Functions reached
  • FP farm production (worker testing and isolation)
  • PK packing and processing plants
  • LB labor (H-2A arrivals tested and isolated)
  • WF workforce
Collection
Michigan MI

Enforcement

MCL 333.2261 misdemeanor; MCL 333.2262 civil fines

Notes

Required one-time baseline testing of all workers, testing of new workers on arrival and isolation of positives; re-issued June 11, 2021 and rescinded effective July 1, 2021 (State document index).

Retrieval note

Existence, title, date and the June 11, 2021 re-issue and July 1, 2021 rescission confirmed from the State's archived document index; text not read in-session. Retrieved and read in-session (late retrieval).