{"id":"DUT-IN-012","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Indiana","state":"IN","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Indiana State Department of Health (coronavirus.in.gov)","authority":"Ind. Code 16-19-3 (general powers); issued as guidance, not as a rule or order","instrument":"\u0027Guidance for Employers During the COVID-19 Response\u0027 (July 20, 2020)","title":"ISDH occupational guidance: identification of workers exempt from the stay-at-home orders; public-health management of exposed critical-infrastructure workers (pre-screening, masks, distancing); management of sick employees; cleaning; local health officer coordination","dateIssued":"2020-07-20","effective":"2020-07-20 (guidance; describes EO 20-08, EO 20-18 and the Back on Track plan)","end":"Superseded by later ISDH guidance; the executive orders it describes ended as recorded in Exs. IN-006, IN-016, IN-024","startDate":"2020-07-20","endDate":"2021-06-30","quarters":["2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["EMP","QUAR"],"addressees":["employers (with separate sections for essential critical-infrastructure employers and health care employers)"],"clause":"Pre-Screen: Employers should measure the employee\u0027s temperature and assess symptoms prior to them starting work. Ideally, temperature checks should happen before the individual enters the facility.... Employees with the signs and symptoms above should immediately enter self-isolation at home.","enforcement":"None in the document; the incorporating orders carried the Class B misdemeanor (Exs. IN-016, IN-024) and the IOSHA civil penalties (Ex. DUT-IN-005)","functions":[],"notes":"Recorded as a recommendation: the document\u0027s operative verb is \u0027should\u0027 throughout (exposed critical-infrastructure workers \u0027should\u0027 be pre-screened, wear a mask at all times in the workplace for 14 days and maintain six feet; sick employees \u0027should be separated from other employees and sent home immediately\u0027; \u0027The sick employee\u0027s access to the business should be restricted until they have recovered\u0027). Its legal effect came from the instruments that incorporated the CDC and ISDH measures: EO 20-18 (\u0027must utilize or employ other CDC recommended sanitation measures,\u0027 Ex. IN-016), EO 20-26 para. 4(a) (mandatory employer plan including \u0027an employee health screening process\u0027 and \u0027social distancing requirements established by the CDC,\u0027 Ex. IN-024) and IOSHA\u0027s general-duty enforcement against CDC business guidance (Ex. DUT-IN-020).","sourceUrl":"https://www.coronavirus.in.gov/files/IN_COVID-19__occupational-guidance-7.20.2020.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":231429,"grade":"primary","character":"recommendation_only","description":"","collection":"DUT-IN","url":"/library/DUT-IN-012","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-IN-012","citation":"Indiana State Department of Health (coronavirus.in.gov), \u0027Guidance for Employers During the COVID-19 Response\u0027 (July 20, 2020) (Ex. DUT-IN-012)","stateName":"Indiana","related":["IN-006","IN-016","IN-024","DUT-IN-020","DUT-IN-005"]}