The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- United States (OSHA-wide)
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- 29 C.F.R. §§ 1910.502, 1910.504; OSH Act §§ 8, 9, 17
- Issued
- 2021-06-28 June 28, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-06-28 ('EFFECTIVE DATE: June 28, 2021') (read as 2021-06-28)
- End
- 2021-12-27 (with the withdrawal of the ETS's substantive provisions) (read as 2021-12-27)
- In force
- June 28, 2021 to Dec. 27, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Health care ordersWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- OSHA Area Offices and compliance officers; covered healthcare employers (through inspections and citations)
- Functions reached
- IC, OF, HR/WF of every covered healthcare setting (the enforcement machinery in force on every day of 2021Q3)
- Collection
- Federal health, safety and transport layer FED-A
Operative words
This Direction establishes inspection procedures and enforcement policies for the COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard, 29 CFR § 1910.502, and 29 CFR § 1910.504. This Direction applies OSHA-wide. [References:] Presidential Executive Order on Protecting Worker Health and Safety, January 21, 2021.
Enforcement
Governs the issuance of citations and penalties under the ETS
Notes
Proves the ETS was enforced, not merely published: OSHA directed its inspectors from June 28, 2021 to cite missing or non-site-specific COVID-19 plans, screening failures, distancing and barrier failures.