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Occupational Safety and Health Standards; Interpretation of the General Duty Clause: Limitation for Inherently Risky Professional Activities
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on July 1, 2025. Comments closed on September 2, 2025.
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What the agency says
OSHA proposes to clarify its interpretation of the General Duty Clause, 29 U.S.C. 654(a)(1), to exclude from enforcement known hazards that are inherent and inseparable from the core nature of a professional activity or performance.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-12236
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Proposed rule; request for comments
- Agency
- Labor Department; Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- Published
- July 1, 2025
- Comments due
- September 2, 2025
- Dates
- Comments must be received on or before September 2, 2025.
- Docket
- Docket No. OSHA-2025-0041
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 1218-AD71
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 29 CFR 1975
- Topics
- Occupational safety and health
- Pages
- 6
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