DOL Seeks Feedback on COVID Recordkeeping in Healthcare
Published Date: 3/17/2025
Notice
Summary
The Department of Labor is asking for public feedback on how healthcare workplaces keep and report COVID-19 records to keep workers safe. This affects healthcare employers and employees who must track COVID-19 exposure and cases. Comments are open until April 16, 2025, and the goal is to make sure the process is useful, clear, and not too costly or time-consuming.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.
Healthcare employers' COVID-19 paperwork burden
The Department of Labor/OSHA is requesting Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the COVID-19 Recordkeeping and Reporting in Healthcare information collection. It lists 78,571 private-sector respondents, 207,860 total responses, an estimated 23,714 annual hours of burden, and $0 in annual other costs.
OSHA pause on enforcing COVID-19 logs and reports
As of February 5, 2025, OSHA announced it was not enforcing the requirements to establish, maintain, and provide copies of the COVID-19 log under 29 CFR 1910.502(q)(2)(ii) and (q)(3)(ii)-(iv), nor the requirement to report COVID-19 fatalities and hospitalizations under 29 CFR 1910.502(r), until further notice.
Possible removal of Subpart U while ICR extended
OSHA stated it intends to initiate rulemaking to remove all of Subpart U (which includes the COVID-19 recordkeeping and reporting requirements), and DOL is seeking Paperwork Reduction Act authorization for this information collection for three years during the interim; if Subpart U is removed, the information collection would become moot. Public comments are due by April 16, 2025.
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