The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Washington
- Level
- Sector regulator
- Authority
- RCW 49.17.040,.050,.060; RCW 34.05.350 (emergency rule); WSR 21-12-027
- Issued
- 2021-05-24 May 24, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-05-24 (immediately upon filing, 1:56 p.m.) (read as 2021-05-24)
- End
- Emergency rules run 120 days; re-adopted successively (prior: WSR 21-11-065, May 14, 2021; WSR 21-01-141, Dec. 16, 2020; WSR 20-23-076, Nov. 16, 2020; WSR 20-16-054, July 28, 2020); later re-adoptions include WSR 21-21-074 (Oct. 2021)
- In force
- May 24, 2021 (no end date recorded; counted as in force for 120 days)
- Quarters
- 2021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureCapacity limitWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- every employer subject to the Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act
- Functions reached
- OP
- WF
- HR
- PF production floor
- JS job sites
- SF
- Collection
- Washington WA
Operative words
(1) Where a business activity is prohibited by an emergency proclamation an employer shall not allow employees to perform work. (2) Employers must comply with all conditions for operation required by emergency proclamation issued under RCW 43.06.220, including "Healthy Washington - Roadmap to Recovery" reopening requirements for all business and any industry specific requirements. (3) An "emergency proclamation" means a proclamation that is in effect, including proclamation amendments and conditions, and issued under RCW 43.06.220 and is in effect at the time the emergency rule was adopted.
Enforcement
WISHA citations and penalties (RCW 49.17.180); the Governor's proclamations recite that employers 'must comply with all conditions for operation required by the state Department of Labor & Industries... such as WAC 296-800-14035'
Notes
Converted every proclamation condition (capacity, masks, distancing, industry requirements) into an enforceable workplace-safety rule for every employer in the State.
Retrieval noteAdoption and effective dates from the Washington State Register entry WSR 21-12-027 (read via lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov); the rule text from the CR-103E exhibit.