The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- United States
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- 29 U.S.C. 655(c), 657; emergency temporary standard
- Issued
- 2021-06-21 June 21, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-06-21 (compliance July 6, 2021 for most paragraphs; July 21, 2021 for physical barriers, ventilation and training) (read as 2021-06-21)
- End
- 2021-12-27 (withdrawal of non-recordkeeping provisions announced) (read as 2021-12-27)
- In force
- June 21, 2021 to Dec. 27, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
- Addressees
- employers in settings where any employee provides healthcare services or healthcare support services, including offices of physicians (NAICS 621111, 621112), outpatient clinics, behavioral health and allied health practices
- Functions reached
- CL intake screening, barriers, distancing, masking
- PR aerosol-generating procedures and PPE
- DX
- FD reception barriers and screening
- OF written plan, recordkeeping, reporting
- SC PPE and respirators
- HR training, vaccination leave
- WF medical removal of exposed staff
- Collection
- Physician Practices and Outpatient Care SEC-02
Operative words
1910.502(a)(1): This section applies to all settings where any employee provides healthcare services or healthcare support services. (a)(2): This section does not apply to the following:... (iv) Non-hospital ambulatory care settings where all non-employees are screened prior to entry and people with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 are not permitted to enter those settings... (c) COVID-19 plan... (d) Patient screening and management... (f) Personal protective equipment... (h) Physical distancing... (i) Physical barriers... (l) Health screening and medical management [medical removal protection benefits]... (m) Vaccination [paid leave]... (n) Training
Enforcement
29 U.S.C. 666 civil penalties; OSHA inspection under the National Emphasis Program (DIR 2021-03)
Notes
Industry profile at 86 Fed. Reg. 32486-32490 (NAICS 621111: 161,977 entities, 212,620 establishments, 2,409,333 employees; 100 percent of establishments in scope). The (a)(2)(iii) exception is a condition (screen every non-employee before entry; exclude suspected or confirmed cases), never an exemption. Feasibility discussion of offices of physicians at 32550-32552.
Retrieval noteAlso saved by FED-A; the sector file keeps its own copy for the (a)(2)(iii) pin and the industry profile.