Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
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Department of Labor and Industry
 
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Safety and Health Codes Board
 
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1/8/21  1:18 pm
Commenter: Maureen Miller

Clarification Needed on Reporting Requirements
 

I am also in agreement with previous commenters who are opposed to making this a permanent standard.  Should this become a permanent standard, it would be beneficial to provide additional clarification on reporting requirements for VDH with 2 or more cases and VDL for 3 or more cases in the workplace.  Reporting cases to VDH and/or VDL should only be required when workplace transmission of the virus has been established during contact tracing.  Employees' confirmed cases of COVID-19 that are attributable to exposures outside of the workplace, where contact tracing establishes no other employees have been in routine close contact in the workplace, should not be reportable. These are cases which are not the result of, or cause of, outbreaks in the workplace and therefore should not be reportable.  Thank you for your consideration of this feedback.

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