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Occupational Exposure to COVID-19 in Healthcare Settings
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on August 20, 2025. Comments closed on November 1, 2025.
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What the agency says
OSHA is extending the period for submitting comments by 60 days to allow stakeholders interested in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on Occupational Exposure to COVID-19 in Healthcare Settings additional time to review the NPRM and collect information and data necessary for comment.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-15913
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Proposed rule; extension of comment period
- Agency
- Labor Department; Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- Published
- August 20, 2025
- Comments due
- November 1, 2025
- Dates
- The comment period for the NPRM that was published at 90 FR 28336 on July 1, 2025, is extended. Comments on any aspect of the NPRM must be submitted by November 1, 2025.
- Docket
- Docket No. OSHA-2020-0004
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 1218-AD36
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 29 CFR 1910; 29 CFR 1915; 29 CFR 1917; 29 CFR 1918; 29 CFR 1926; 29 CFR 1928
- Significant
- Yes, under Executive Order 12866
- Pages
- 2
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