Oregon OSHA Administrative Order 14-2021 (permanent): Amended Rules Addressing the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency in All Oregon Workplaces, OAR 437-001-0744 (notice filed Sept. 30, 2021; effective Dec. 21, 2021)

The record

Jurisdiction

Oregon; Oregon OSHA, Department of Consumer and Business Services · Oregon

Level

Sector regulator

Authority

ORS 654.025(2), 656.726(4)

Issued

2021-12-21 Dec. 21, 2021

Effective

2021-12-21 ('EFFECTIVE DATE: 12/21/2021'; notice filed 09/30/2021) (read as 2021-12-21)

End

Amended Mar. 18, 2022 (AO 1-2022, Ex. 025) and 2022 (AO 5-2022); suspended Apr. 3, 2023 (Ex. 023); repealed Aug. 17, 2023 (Ex. 024) (read as 2022-03-18)

In force

Dec. 21, 2021 to Mar. 18, 2022

Limitation types

Face-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation

Addressees

• all Oregon employers

Functions reached

• EMP
• HC
• WF
• HR

Collection

State labor and workplace-safety agencies AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE

Operative words

Since it was first adopted as a permanent rule on May 4, 2021 (AO 2-2021), Oregon OSHA has filed three temporary amendments to the COVID-19 rule. The first of these changes (AO 5-2021)... [AO 10-2021 re]instated masking requirements with the adoption of OHA's OAR 333-019-1025: Masking Requirements for Indoor Spaces and OAR 333-019-1015: Masking Requirements in Schools;... [the third] change (AO 12-2021) adopted Medical Removal Protection Benefits for healthcare workers to ensure Oregon OSHA's COVID-19 rule is as effective as federal OSHA's COVID-19 Healthcare [ETS].

Enforcement

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