1. Occupational Safety & Health Standards Board

Petition File No. 603

COVID-19 Prevention Non-Emergency Regulations, Sections 3205 through 3205.3

Petition File No. 603

Ricardo Beas
Safety Professional

To rescind the COVID-19 Prevention Non-Emergency Regulations (Title 8 sections 3205 through 3205.3), based on new information provided by confirmed scientific studies and federal health authorities. The Petitioner contends that recent findings by the federal Center for Disease Control and other scientific authorities have reduced the recommendations for Covid-19 protection. Therefore, the current Title 8 standards for Covid-19 are no longer needed.

The Petitioner contends that the COVID-19 non-emergency regulations pose an inconvenient, time consuming, costly, and unnecessary burden on employers in the state of California and are no longer necessary. One concern is that the regulations refer to the recommendations of the California Department of Public Health which have continued to vary since the inception of this recent version of the regulations and have required employers to be aware of and take action on. The Petitioner further contends that all other states that have rescinded similar regulations pertaining to COVID-19 and requests that the Board do the same.