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5 Oct 2020, 7:01 am by Julia Riechert
“A specific place of employment” does not include the employee’s home or residence, unless the employee provides home health care services to another individual at the employee’s home or residence.[2] The positive test must be the result of a PCR test approved for use or approved for emergency use by the FDA to detect the presence of viral RNA. [read post]
AB 2479 extends, past January 1, 2021 and until January 1, 2026, the exemption in Labor Code section 226.75 that applies to rest periods for specified employees who hold safety-sensitive positions at petroleum facilities, to the extent they must carry and monitor communication devices and respond to emergencies, or remain on the employer’s premises to monitor the premises and respond to emergencies. [read post]
23 Sep 2020, 3:54 pm by Kristi Thomas and Justine Phillips
This Section covers (1) active firefighting members, (2) peace officers, (3) fire and rescue service coordinators, (4) employees who provide direct patient care, or custodial employees in contact with COVID-19 patients who work at a health care facility, (5) authorized registered nurses, (6) emergency medical technicians-I, -II, and -paramedics, (7) employees who provide direct patient care for home health agencies, (8) other employees of… [read post]
23 Sep 2020, 3:54 pm by Justine Phillips and Kristi Thomas
This Section covers (1) active firefighting members, (2) peace officers, (3) fire and rescue service coordinators, (4) employees who provide direct patient care, or custodial employees in contact with COVID-19 patients who work at a health care facility, (5) authorized registered nurses, (6) emergency medical technicians-I, -II, and -paramedics, (7) employees who provide direct patient care for home health agencies, (8) other employees of… [read post]
  Further, AB 685 relaxes the pre-citation requirements that the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (“Cal/OSHA”) must follow before issuing a citation for a serious violation related to COVID-19. [read post]
  Further, AB 685 relaxes the pre-citation requirements that the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (“Cal/OSHA”) must follow before issuing a citation for a serious violation related to COVID-19. [read post]
17 Sep 2020, 11:48 am by Gage Dungy and Lars T. Reed
This rebuttable presumption is then extended beyond July 6, 2020, for firefighters, peace officers, fire and rescue coordinators, and certain kinds of health care and health facility workers, including in-home supportive services providers that provide services outside their own home. [read post]
1 Aug 2020, 3:19 pm by Monica Williamson
Anishinabe Legal Services Staff Attorney, Cass Lake, MN. [read post]
7 Jul 2020, 1:40 pm by Jennifer Barna
If the business is providing medication, medical supplies, or food, the business policy should provide alternate methods of pickup and/or delivery of such goods for such individual. [read post]
22 Jun 2020, 10:44 am by Jennifer Barna and Maxine Neuhauser
Pursuant to EO 154, personal care services offered outside of personal care service facilities or health facilities providing medically necessary or therapeutic services (“other personal care services”) remain prohibited, until explicitly authorized by an order from the State Director of Emergency Management. [read post]
19 Jun 2020, 10:20 am by Jon L. Gelman
 An employee in the public or private sector who during a public health emergency, or state of emergency:Is public safety worker or first responder, including any fire, police or other emergency responders; or Is providing medical in other healthcare services, emergency transportation, social services, and other care services, including services provided in healthcare facilities, residential… [read post]
3 Jun 2020, 5:58 pm by Jon L. Gelman
Baracco reminds us that as we reintroduce services, we are dealing with a different risk profile. [read post]
3 Jun 2020, 1:07 pm by Robert Liles
  As early as 1983, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Inspector General (OIG) noted that there was a high rate of hospital emergency room misuse by Medicaid recipients who would utilize high-cost emergency rooms for the care and treatment of non-emergency medical issues. [read post]
3 Jun 2020, 1:07 pm by Robert Liles
  As early as 1983, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Inspector General (OIG) noted that there was a high rate of hospital emergency room misuse by Medicaid recipients who would utilize high-cost emergency rooms for the care and treatment of non-emergency medical issues. [read post]
3 Jun 2020, 11:49 am by Jon L. Gelman
Baracco reminds us that as we reintroduce services, we are dealing with a different risk profile. [read post]
28 May 2020, 4:51 pm by Adam Rosenthal and Robert Foster
Safety and Health Guidance Related to COVID-19 Thanks to COVID-19, employers throughout the country have become more familiar with the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“Fed/OSHA”) and Fed/OSHA-approved State Plans like California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (“Cal/OSHA”) (collectively “OSHA”) that enforce an employer’s responsibility to protect the health and safety of… [read post]
26 May 2020, 3:06 pm by Patricia Hughes
Section 28 of the PHPPA provides for the enforcement of special measures taken by the Chief Medical Officer of Health during a public health emergency. [read post]
18 May 2020, 4:38 pm by Robert Foster and David Chidlaw
  On May 14, 2020, California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (“Cal/OSHA”) issued its “Interim General Guidelines on Protecting Workers from COVID-19. [read post]