{"id":"DUT-NM-011","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"New Mexico","state":"NM","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"New Mexico Environment Department, Occupational Health and Safety Bureau (State OSHA plan)","authority":"Occupational Health and Safety Act, NMSA 1978, §§ 50-9-1 to -25; 11.5.1 NMAC (adopted federal standards, 29 C.F.R. Parts 1904, 1910, 1926)","instrument":"New Mexico Occupational Safety and Health Bureau COVID-19 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) (as captured April 15, 2020)","title":"OHSB COVID-19 FAQ for employers: the March 23, 2020 public health order, assessment of every job process for exposure, PPE and respirator requirements, reporting PHO violations to the State Police","dateIssued":"2020-04-15","effective":"2020-04-15","end":"Maintained through December 2021 (later captures)","startDate":"2020-04-15","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["EMP","COND"],"addressees":["employers"],"clause":"For businesses that are listed as essential and are therefore able to remain open to the public, each job process must be assessed to determine the risk of exposure to COVID-19.... To report any business that is in violation of the PHO email NMSP.COVID19@state.nm.us or call local law enforcement\u0027s non-emergency phone number","enforcement":"None in the FAQ itself; the assessment duty restates the employer\u0027s obligations under § 50-9-5 and the adopted PPE and respiratory-protection standards, enforceable under § 50-9-24; PHO violations enforceable under §§ 24-1-21 and 12-10A-19","functions":[],"notes":"Told every open employer that \u0027each job process must be assessed\u0027 for exposure and \u0027appropriate measures taken to reduce the risk,\u0027 directed employers to OSHA\u0027s Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19 and its four exposure-risk levels for \u0027actions required to reduce the risk of exposure,\u0027 stated the respirator fit-testing and PPE positions, and routed reports of businesses \u0027in violation of the PHO\u0027 to the State Police.","sourceUrl":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200415094612/https://www.env.nm.gov/occupational_health_safety/new-mexico-occupational-safety-and-health-bureau-covid-19-frequently-asked-questions-faq/","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200415094612id_/https://www.env.nm.gov/occupational_health_safety/new-mexico-occupational-safety-and-health-bureau-covid-19-frequently-asked-questions-faq/","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":766513,"grade":"primary","character":"recommendation_only","description":"","collection":"DUT-NM","url":"/library/DUT-NM-011","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-NM-011","citation":"New Mexico Environment Department, Occupational Health and Safety Bureau (State OSHA plan), New Mexico Occupational Safety and Health Bureau COVID-19 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) (as captured April 15, 2020) (Apr. 15, 2020) (Ex. DUT-NM-011)","stateName":"New Mexico","related":["DUT-NM-007"]}