{"id":"VA-038","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Virginia","state":"VA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Virginia Safety and Health Codes Board, Department of Labor and Industry","authority":"Va. Code § 40.1-22(6a)","instrument":"16VAC25-220, Standard for Infectious Disease Prevention of the SARS-CoV-2 Virus that Causes COVID-19 (amendments, Final)","title":"Amended Standard for Infectious Disease Prevention of the SARS-CoV-2 Virus that Causes COVID-19","dateIssued":"2021-09-08","effective":"2021-09-08","end":"In force through 2021 Q3 and after (revocation in 2022 is outside the period and not verified here)","startDate":"2021-09-08","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["EMP","MASK","QUAR","VAX","HC"],"addressees":["every employer, employee and place of employment within VOSH jurisdiction"],"clause":"The amendments change the primary focus of the regulation from risk exposure level to mitigation strategies directed at protecting employees who are unvaccinated, not fully vaccinated, or are otherwise at risk from the grave danger presented by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, its variants, and COVID-19 disease and include (i) incorporating by reference two Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) documents; (ii) removing exposure risk levels and public or private institutions of higher education reopening plans; (iii) revising effective dates... This standard chapter is adopted in accordance with subdivision 6 a (6a) of § 40.1-22 of the Code of Virginia and shall apply to every employer, employee, and place of employment within the jurisdiction of the VOSH program.","enforcement":"VOSH citations and civil penalties under Va. Code § 40.1-49.4","functions":["all workplace functions","WF","HR"],"notes":"Proves the standard\u0027s continued force in the third quarter of 2021 and its Delta-wave refocus on unvaccinated employees. Register Vol. 38, Iss. 3 (Sept. 27, 2021). Filename date is the effective date; the Board\u0027s adoption date was not read.","sourceUrl":"https://register.dls.virginia.gov/details.aspx?id=9856","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":514799,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"VA","url":"/library/VA-038","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/VA-038","citation":"Virginia Safety and Health Codes Board, Department of Labor and Industry, 16VAC25-220, Standard for Infectious Disease Prevention of the SARS-CoV-2 Virus that Causes COVID-19 (amendments, Final) (Sept. 8, 2021) (Ex. VA-038)","stateName":"Virginia","related":["VA-037"]}