{"id":"SEC-18-004","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States","state":"","metro":"","industry":"18","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Occupational Safety and Health Administration","authority":"29 U.S.C. § 655(c); 29 C.F.R. § 1910.502 (Healthcare ETS), 86 Fed. Reg. 32376 (June 21, 2021)","instrument":"OSHA COVID-19 Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard - Frequently Asked Questions (agency interpretation of the scope provisions, § 1910.502(a))","title":"COVID-19 Healthcare ETS - Frequently Asked Questions","dateIssued":"2021-06-21","effective":"ETS effective June 21, 2021; compliance July 6 and July 21, 2021","end":"ETS non-recordkeeping provisions withdrawn Dec. 27, 2021","startDate":"2021-06-21","endDate":"2021-12-27","quarters":["2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["EMP","HC"],"addressees":["employers providing healthcare services or healthcare support services"],"clause":"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","functions":["CL (healthcare laundry performed in hospitals, nursing homes and clinics: covered; off-site commercial laundry: excluded by OSHA\u0027s own reading)","RP (in-home service contractors to covered employers)"],"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).","sourceUrl":"https://www.osha.gov/coronavirus/ets/faqs","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20210622032011/https://www.osha.gov/coronavirus/ets/faqs","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":389544,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-18","url":"/library/SEC-18-004","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-18-004","citation":"Occupational Safety and Health Administration, OSHA COVID-19 Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard - Frequently Asked Questions (agency interpretation of the scope provisions, § 1910.502(a)) (June 21, 2021) (Ex. SEC-18-004)","stateName":"","related":[]}