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OSHA COVID-19 Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard - Frequently Asked Questions (agency interpretation of the scope provisions, § 1910.502(a))

COVID-19 Healthcare ETS - Frequently Asked Questions

Occupational Safety and Health Administration · United States (Federal)

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Jurisdiction
United States
Level
Federal
Authority
29 U.S.C. § 655(c); 29 C.F.R. § 1910.502 (Healthcare ETS), 86 Fed. Reg. 32376 (June 21, 2021)
Issued
2021-06-21 June 21, 2021
Effective
ETS effective June 21, 2021; compliance July 6 and July 21, 2021 (read as 2021-06-21)
End
ETS non-recordkeeping provisions withdrawn Dec. 27, 2021 (read as 2021-12-27)
In force
June 21, 2021 to Dec. 27, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Health care ordersWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • employers providing healthcare services or healthcare support services
Functions reached
  • CL (healthcare laundry performed in hospitals, nursing homes and clinics: covered; off-site commercial laundry: excluded by OSHA's own reading)
  • RP (in-home service contractors to covered employers)
Collection
Personal Care and Other Services SEC-18

Operative words

These services are healthcare support services. The ETS generally applies in settings where any employee provides healthcare services or healthcare support services. On the other hand, one or more exceptions to the ETS might apply. For example, the ETS does not apply to healthcare support services not performed in a healthcare setting (e.g., off-site laundry, off-site medical billing).... Employers with employees who, in the course of their employment, enter into private residences or other physical locations controlled by persons not covered by the OSH Act (e.g., homeowners, sole proprietors) must include policies and procedures in their COVID-19 plans to protect their employees entering those locations.

Enforcement

Citations under the ETS

Notes

Fixes the sector boundary of the federal Q3 2021 standard for laundries: linen services performed inside healthcare settings were bound from July 6, 2021; off-site plants were not. The ETS text itself is a FED-A exhibit (86 Fed. Reg. 32376).

Retrieval note

The headless render did not capture the dynamically loaded FAQ text, so no PDF exhibit; cite the URL and the FED-A ETS exhibit. every question and answer prints in full (scope questions included); unstyled layout.

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