The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Virginia
- Level
- Sector regulator
- Authority
- Va. Code § 40.1-22(6a); EO 63 § E
- Issued
- 2020-07-15 July 15, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-07-27
- End
- Replaced by the permanent standard effective 2021-01-27 (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 requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
- Addressees
- every employer, employee and place of employment within VOSH jurisdiction
- Functions reached
- HR
- OP
- WF
- PF production floor
- JS job sites
- SF
- DR
- all workplace functions
- Collection
- Virginia VA
Operative words
This standard is adopted in accordance with subdivision 6 a of § 40.1-22 of the Code of Virginia and shall apply to every employer, employee, and place of employment within the jurisdiction of the VOSH program... This emergency temporary standard shall take immediate effect July 27, 2020, upon publication in a newspaper of general circulation, published in the City of Richmond, Virginia. This emergency temporary standard shall expire (i) within six months of its effective date, upon expiration of the Governor's State of Emergency, or when superseded by a permanent standard, whichever occurs first.
Enforcement
VOSH citations and civil penalties under Va. Code § 40.1-49.4; anti-discrimination protections
Notes
The first State COVID-19 workplace standard in the nation; exposure-risk classification, physical distancing, face coverings, sanitation, notification within 24 hours, return-to-work criteria, written plan and training for medium-risk employers with 11 or more employees. Register Vol. 36, Iss. 26 (Aug. 17, 2020), 36:26 VA.R. 2770-2789.