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DOL/OSHA | RIN: 1218-AC46 | Publication ID: Spring 2022 |
Title: Infectious Diseases | |
Abstract:
Employees in health care and other high-risk environments face long-standing infectious disease hazards such as tuberculosis (TB), varicella disease (chickenpox, shingles), and measles, as well as new and emerging infectious disease threats, such as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), and pandemic influenza. Health care workers and workers in related occupations, or who are exposed in other high-risk environments, are at increased risk of contracting TB, SARS, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA), COVID-19, and other infectious diseases that can be transmitted through a variety of exposure routes. OSHA is examining regulatory alternatives for control measures to protect employees from infectious disease exposures to pathogens that can cause significant disease. Workplaces where such control measures might be necessary include: health care, emergency response, correctional facilities, homeless shelters, drug treatment programs, and other occupational settings where employees can be at increased risk of exposure to potentially infectious people. A standard could also apply to laboratories, which handle materials that may be a source of pathogens, and to pathologists, coroners' offices, medical examiners, and mortuaries. |
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Agency: Department of Labor(DOL) | Priority: Economically Significant |
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda | Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage |
Major: Undetermined | Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined |
CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1910 | |
Legal Authority: 5 U.S.C. 533 29 U.S.C. 657 and 658 29 U.S.C. 660 29 U.S.C. 666 29 U.S.C. 669 29 U.S.C. 673 |
Legal Deadline:
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes | Government Levels Affected: Local, State |
Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions | Federalism: Undetermined |
Included in the Regulatory Plan: Yes | |
RIN Data Printed in the FR: Yes | |
Agency Contact: Andrew Levinson Director, Directorate of Standards and Guidance Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration 200 Constitution Avenue NW, FP Building, Room N-3718, Washington, DC 20210 Phone:202 693-1950 Email: levinson.andrew@dol.gov |