This CDC guidance was not incorporated into the Cal/OSHA emergency temporary standard. Shortly before the Cal/OSHA regulations went into effect, the CDC published guidance stating that individuals without symptoms could end a quarantine on day 10 without testing (or on day seven after receiving a negative test result). The original regulations required that those workers with “COVID-19 exposure” (defined as being within six feet of a “COVID-19 case” for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or greater in any 24-hour period within or overlapping with the “high-risk exposure period”) must be excluded from the workplace for 14 days. Since then, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) and Governor Gavin Newsom have issued new guidance on required quarantine periods, thus updating the Cal/OSHA Emergency Temporary Standards applicable to COVID-19. California Department of Public Health Issues New Quarantine GuidanceĪs described in detail in our previous alert, the Cal/OSHA emergency temporary standard with respect to COVID-19 went into effect on November 30.
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