{"id":1458,"date":"2022-04-08T12:07:17","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T16:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caloshadefensereport.com\/?p=1458"},"modified":"2026-03-20T09:24:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T16:24:36","slug":"cal-osha-issues-revised-covid-19-emergency-rule-third-re-adoption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.connmaciel.com\/calosha-defense-report\/cal-osha-issues-revised-covid-19-emergency-rule-third-re-adoption\/","title":{"rendered":"Cal\/OSHA Issues Revised COVID-19 Emergency Rule &#8211; Third Re-Adoption"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.connmaciel.com\/sommer\">Andrew J. Sommer<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.connmaciel.com\/fred-walter-bio\">Fred Walter<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board has just released a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dir.ca.gov\/oshsb\/documents\/Apr212022-COVID-19-Prevention-Emergency-txtbrdconsider-3rd-Readoption.pdf\">proposed draft<\/a> for the third re-adoption COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS).\u00a0 The Board will vote on the proposed rule at its next meeting on April 21, 2022, and the text is expected to be approved.\u00a0 This new rule will remain in effect until December 31, 2022, after which time the Board may consider a permanent infectious disease standard for general industry \u2013 presenting another battle to be waged.\u00a0 Here is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dir.ca.gov\/oshsb\/documents\/Apr212022-COVID-19-Prevention-Emergency-txtcourtesy-3rd-Readoption.pdf\">redlined draft<\/a> showing\u00a0 changes from the current emergency rule.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the changes in this draft ETS are minor, while others are quite substantive.\u00a0 Here are some highlights:<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The over-arching take away is that the Board is moving away from rule based criteria for compliance and towards deferring to public health orders from the California Department of Public Health (CDPH).\u00a0 This is made clear in the note at the top of the new rule [\u00a7 3205(a)], which refers to Governor Newsom\u2019s directive in Executive Order N-84-20 that for all intents and purposes the ETS\u2019s exclusion provisions are replaced by CDPH\u2019s isolation and quarantine requirements.\u00a0 Further, the term \u201chigh risk exposure\u201d is replaced with \u201cinfectious period\u201d \u2013 as used by CDPH \u2013 and the definition adds that the stated time periods apply \u201c\u2026unless otherwise defined by CDPH regulation or order, in which case the CDPH definition shall apply.\u201d\u00a0 Similarly, the definition of \u201cclose contact\u201d now defers to any \u201cregulation or order of the CDPH\u201d for its meaning.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dir.ca.gov\/oshsb\/documents\/Apr212022-COVID-19-Prevention-Emergency-txtcourtesy-3rd-Readoption.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Capture 300x261\" class=\" wp-image-1460 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/caloshadefensereport.connmaciel.stagingarea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/04\/Capture-300x261.png\" alt=\"Capture 300x261\" width=\"439\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.connmaciel.com\/calosha-defense-report\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/04\/Capture-300x261.png 300w, https:\/\/www.connmaciel.com\/calosha-defense-report\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/04\/Capture.png 701w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 439px) 100vw, 439px\" \/><\/a>The term \u201cfully vaccinated\u201d is deleted from the emergency rule\u2019s definitions and a new definition \u201creturned case\u201d is added.\u00a0 This term refers to a COVID-19 case who has returned to the workplace and remains symptom free. The draft rule provides that employers are not required to make testing available to returned cases.\u00a0 After 90 days symptom-free, these individuals are removed from the status of \u201creturned case.\u201d Again, the rule defers to CDPH if that agency has set a different period by regulation or order.<\/li>\n<li>The definition of \u201cCOVID-19 test\u201d is revised to more precisely address the circumstances when the testing protocols apply.\u00a0 The rule strikes from the definition language borrowed from the (now withdrawn) Federal OSHA ETS, and adds, \u201cTo meet the return to work criteria [], a COVID-19 test may be both self-administered and self-read only if another means of independent verification of the results can be provided (e.g., a time-stamped photograph of the results).\u201d<\/li>\n<li>The mandate for face coverings for all unvaccinated workers has been dropped, except as may be required by orders from CDPH, but the proposed rule retains the requirement that employers provide face coverings upon employee request.\u00a0 The proposed rule also removes the social distancing requirement for workers who cannot, under an exception, wear face coverings when required.<\/li>\n<li>The requirement to provide, upon request, respirators for voluntary use applies to all employees working indoors or in vehicles,, regardless of vaccination status.<\/li>\n<li>Disinfection and cleaning provisions are removed entirely from this rule iteration, including in the housing and transportation sections.<\/li>\n<li>The exclusion and return-to-work criteria are revised to mirror CDPH\u2019s guidance on isolation and quarantine periods.<\/li>\n<li>The exclusion pay provision has been retained, despite earlier representations by DOSH.<\/li>\n<li>The requirement to provide \u201ccleanable, solid partitions\u201d where social distancing is not feasible has been stricken from the outbreak and major outbreak sections.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Andrew J. 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