# 2025-04261: DOL Seeks Feedback on COVID Recordkeeping in Healthcare

2025-04261, Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; COVID-19 Recordkeeping and Reporting in Healthcare Standard, is a Federal Register notice from Labor Department published 2025-03-17, effective The OMB will consider all written comments that the agency receives on or before April 16, 2025.; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-30).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-04261
- As of: 2026-09-30
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-04261
- Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; COVID-19 Recordkeeping and Reporting in Healthcare Standard
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Labor Department
- Citation: 90 FR 12368
- Published: 2025-03-17
- Effective: The OMB will consider all written comments that the agency receives on or before April 16, 2025.
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-09-30

## In one line

DOL Seeks Feedback on COVID Recordkeeping in Healthcare

## 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.

## Abstract

The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.

## Effects PRIA read

- Healthcare employers' COVID-19 paperwork burden: cost, low. 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 ann…
- OSHA pause on enforcing COVID-19 logs and reports: benefit, low. 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 fur…
- Possible removal of Subpart U while ICR extended: mixed, low. 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…

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## Sources
- [2025-04261 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/17/2025-04261/agency-information-collection-activities-submission-for-omb-review-comment-request-covid-19)
- [2025-04261 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-03-17/pdf/2025-04261.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-04261 (as of 2026-09-30).