{"id":"SEC-19-009","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States","state":"","metro":"","industry":"19","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration","authority":"29 U.S.C. 655(c) (emergency temporary standards), 29 U.S.C. 653, 657","instrument":"COVID-19 Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard, 29 C.F.R. 1910.502,.504,.505,.509","title":"Occupational Exposure to COVID-19; Emergency Temporary Standard","dateIssued":"2021-06-21","effective":"2021-06-21; compliance July 6, 2021 (most paragraphs) and July 21, 2021 (paragraphs (i) physical barriers, (k) ventilation, (n) training)","end":"Withdrawal announced Dec. 27, 2021 (except recordkeeping)","startDate":"2021-06-21","endDate":"2021-12-27","quarters":["2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["EMP","HC"],"addressees":["every employer in a setting where any employee provides healthcare services or healthcare support services, including contractors and staffing agencies whose employees work there"],"clause":"(a) Scope and application. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, this section applies to all settings where any employee provides healthcare services or healthcare support services.... Healthcare support services means services that facilitate the provision of healthcare services. Healthcare support services include patient intake/admission, patient food services, equipment and facility maintenance, housekeeping services, healthcare laundry services, medical waste handling services, and medical equipment cleaning/reprocessing services.... (c) COVID-19 plan. (1) The employer must develop and implement a COVID-19 plan for each workplace.... (j) Cleaning and disinfection. (1) In patient care areas, resident rooms, and for medical devices and equipment, the employer must follow standard practices for cleaning and disinfection","enforcement":"OSH Act sec. 17 citations and penalties; OSHA inspections under the NEP","functions":["JS janitorial and housekeeping contracts in hospitals, clinics, nursing homes and home health settings (the standard names \u0027housekeeping services\u0027)","PL nurse, aide, technician and food-service placements at health care client sites","SG security posts in covered settings (setting-based scope)","HR screening, vaccination leave, medical removal","OP written plan, recordkeeping, reporting"],"notes":"The lead Q3 2021 instrument for this industry\u0027s health care segment: force of law, in force all quarter, setting-based (the contractor\u0027s employees in the hospital are covered because the setting is covered), and prescriptive as to screening, PPE, distancing, barriers, cleaning, ventilation, paid removal and vaccination leave. Definition of \u0027healthcare support services\u0027 at 29 C.F.R. 1910.502(b);","sourceUrl":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-06-21/pdf/2021-12428.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":22748438,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-19","url":"/library/SEC-19-009","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-19-009","citation":"Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, COVID-19 Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard, 29 C.F.R. 1910.502,.504,.505,.509 (June 21, 2021) (Ex. SEC-19-009)","stateName":"","related":[]}