On December 15, 2022, the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board voted to adopt nonemergency COVID-19 Prevention regulations. These regulations will take effect once they are approved by the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) in the month of January 2023 and will remain in effect for two years after the effective date, except for the recordkeeping subsections, which will remain in effect for three years. These regulations include some of the same requirements found in the COVID-19 Prevention Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS), plus new provisions aimed at making it easier for employers to provide consistent protections to workers and allow for flexibility if changes are made to CDPH guidance in the future.

Read more > https://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/coronavirus/Non-Emergency-regs-summary.pdf