OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard: Implications for Skilled Nursing Facilities, Assisted Living Communities and Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICFs/IID)

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently released Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) to address exposure to COVID-19 to workers in healthcare settings. This healthcare ETS applies, with some exceptions, to settings where any employee provides healthcare services or healthcare support services. The webinar will review the ETS and the implications for skilled nursing facilities, assisted living communities, and Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICFs/IID).

Speaker: Brad Hammock, Attorney at Law, Littler

This webinar is available to AHCA/NCAL members only. 

How to Register:

• To avoid technical problems, use Google Chrome. 
• If you are new to the site, you can create an account here. Answer all fields on the create an account page- especially locating your company name. You can search by name or zip code. After creating an account, you will be able to register for the webinar. 
• Members will need to log in using their existing AHCA/NCAL username and password first. 
• Once you are logged in to the website you will be able to register by clicking the green register button at the top of the page. 
• If you have forgotten your password click here.

Need further assistance? Email educate@ahca.org

Once you are logged in, click the  button found in the upper right corner of your screen 

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Follow these three easy steps below! 

• To avoid technical problems, use Google Chrome. 
• Members will need to log in using their existing AHCA/NCAL username and password first. 
• Once you are logged in to the website you will be able to register by clicking the green register button at the top of the page. 
• If you have forgotten your password click here. 
• If you are new to the site, you can create an account here. Answer all fields on the create an account page- especially locating your company name. You can search by name or zip code. After creating an account, you will be able to register for the webinar. 

Need further assistance? Email educate@ahca.org

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS)

Resources

• Emergency Temporary Standards
• ETS Summary
• ETS Webpage
• Materials Incorporated by Reference
• ETS FAQ
• Is Your Workplace Covered by the ETS?
• Reporting COVID-19 Fatalities and In-Patient Hospitalizations to OSHA
• The COVID-19 Log
• Employer Notification Tool
• Sample Employee COVID-19 Health Screening Questionnaire
• Summary – COVID-19 Healthcare ETS
• Fact Sheet – COVID-19 Healthcare ETS
• Fact Sheet – Mini Respiratory Protection Program
• Fact Sheet – Workers’ Rights
• CDC Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations to Prevent SARS-CoV-2 Spread in Nursing Homes
  
• respiratory protection program
• medical evaluations
• fit testing
• OSHA On-Site Consultation