Advisory Meeting for Occupational Exposure to Plume in Health Care

General Industry Safety Orders
Chapter 4, subchapter 7, new section

For questions regarding these meetings, please contact Senior Safety Engineer Christine Hoffman at (714) 567-7142 or Senior Safety Engineer Zohra Ali at (714) 567-7142.

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August 29, 2025

The Division is seeking input on a discussion draft of possible regulatory language regarding AB 1007 (2023-2024; Occupational safety and health standards: plume). Interested parties are invited to submit written comments by September 30, 2025 to rs@dir.ca.gov. An advisory committee will be scheduled at a later date.

November 19, 2018

All stakeholders are invited to submit written comments on the discussion draft presented at the November 8, 2018 Advisory Meeting by January 15, 2019 to rs@dir.ca.gov

November 8, 2018
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Harris State Building
1515 Clay St., 2nd Floor, Room 2
Oakland, CA

In response to the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board's decision on February 15, 2018 to GRANT Petition No. 567, the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) will convene an advisory meeting to consider development of a rulemaking proposal to protect employees from surgical plume and smoke. Cal/OSHA is holding an advisory meeting in Oakland.

At this advisory meeting, stakeholders and the public will have an opportunity to provide input on information and scientific data on surgical plume and smoke hazards, control measures, feasibility, or costs.

A discussion draft, meeting agenda and additional meeting documents are provided below.

August 2025