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COVID-19 Healthcare ETS Frequently Asked Questions (dental questions)

COVID-19 Healthcare ETS FAQs

Occupational Safety and Health Administration · United States (Federal)

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Jurisdiction
United States
Level
Federal
Authority
29 U.S.C. 655(c); 29 C.F.R. 1910.502
Issued
2021-06-10 June 10, 2021
Effective
2021-06-21 (ETS effective); compliance July 6 and July 21, 2021 (read as 2021-06-21)
End
2021-12-27 (ETS withdrawn except recordkeeping) (read as 2021-12-27)
In force
June 21, 2021 to Dec. 27, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Health care ordersWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • health care employers including dental offices
Functions reached
  • CH
  • PR
  • ST
  • FD
  • SC
  • HR
  • WF
Collection
Dental Practices SEC-03

Operative words

Aerosol-generating procedures include 'Dental procedures involving: Ultrasonic scalers, High-speed dental hand pieces, Air/water syringes, Air polishing, and Air abrasion' (Q22). 'the ETS does not apply to 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' (Q2-3).

Enforcement

citations under the ETS; DIR 2021-02 (FED-081)

Notes

The exception is conditional: a dental office was outside the ETS only by screening every non-employee at the door and excluding suspected cases, itself a compelled modification of FD and CH; offices that did not screen were inside the ETS in full (respirators for AGPs, distancing, barriers, cleaning, ventilation, paid leave for vaccination and removal).

Retrieval note

ETS text itself is FED-080. every question and answer prints in full (the dental aerosol-generating-procedure list included); unstyled layout.