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Ex. SEC-20-042 Order Confirmed from a secondary source

MDHHS release of Aug. 17, 2020 describing the Emergency Order of Aug. 3, 2020 (Testing of Agricultural and Food Processing Employees)

Emergency Order Requiring Testing of Agricultural and Food Processing Employees Remains in Effect

Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (Director Robert Gordon) · Michigan (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Michigan
Level
State
Authority
MCL 333.2253; penalties MCL 333.2262
Issued
2020-08-17 Aug. 17, 2020
Effective
2020-08-03 (the order; the saved release is dated Aug. 17, 2020); compliance deadline Aug. 24, 2020 (read as 2020-08-03)
End
rescission date not verified (superseded in the MDHHS epidemic-order series of Oct. 2020 - 2021) (read as 2020-12-31)
In force
Aug. 3, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q32020 Q4
Limitation types
Health care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
Addressees
  • migrant housing camp operators; employers of migrant or seasonal workers; meat, poultry and egg processing facilities; greenhouses with over 20 employees on-site
Functions reached
  • LB testing and 14-day separate housing of arrivals
  • FP
  • PK
  • WF
Collection
Agriculture and Food Processing SEC-20

Operative words

It requires migrant housing camp operators to provide COVID-19 testing as follows: One-time baseline testing of all residents ages 18 and over. Testing of all new residents with 48 hours of arrival, with separate housing for newly arriving residents for 14 days and a second test 10 - 14 days after arrival.... Employers of migrant or seasonal workers, meat, poultry and egg processing facilities and greenhouses with over 20 employees on-site at a time to provide COVID-19 testing as follows: One-time baseline testing of all workers. Testing of all new workers prior to any in-person work.... Failure to comply with this order may result in the issuance of a civil monetary penalty under the authority of MCL 333.2262.

Enforcement

Civil monetary penalty, MCL 333.2262

Notes

The release records that the W.D. Mich. denied a temporary restraining order against the order (Aug. 2020) and that 'farms, food processing plants and migrant worker camps face 21 outbreaks.'

Retrieval note

The issuing agency's own release describing the order.