The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Vermont
- Level
- State
- Authority
- police power of the State; 18 V.S.A. secs. 1415-1417 (Division of Occupational Health within the Department of Health); 21 V.S.A. chapter 3, subchapter 5 (VOSHA Code)
- Issued
- 2006-04-05 Apr. 5, 2006
- Effective
- standing; in force throughout March 2020 to September 2021 (text captured November 28, 2021) (read as 2021-11-28)
- End
- standing
- In force
- Standing since Nov. 28, 2021 (a statutory duty; in force throughout the six quarters)
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Workplace rulesStanding duty
- Addressees
- Character
- workplace duty
- Collection
- Standing duties: Vermont DUT-VT
Operative words
The Commissioner of Health may by order require an employer to provide protective equipment, install and maintain control appliances and equipment, or take any other action necessary to remove or control a health hazard or to prevent a health hazard from becoming injurious. Failure to do so within the time limited by the Director shall be a violation of the VOSHA Code
Penalty
violation of the VOSHA Code, reported to the Commissioner of Labor: civil penalties under 21 V.S.A. sec. 210 (Ex. DUT-VT-015)
What it required
Every employer to provide protective equipment, install and maintain control equipment, or take any other action the Commissioner of Health orders to remove or control a health hazard in the workplace or to prevent it from becoming injurious; failure within the time set is a violation of the VOSHA Code, penalized under 21 V.S.A. sec. 210.
Retrieval noteRendered from the Internet Archive's November 28, 2021 capture of the official page; no amendment since 2006. The section joins the Department of Health's occupational-health power to the VOSHA enforcement machinery: an employer's failure to control a workplace health hazard on the Commissioner's order is a VOSHA violation.