On January 6, 2022, California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) updated its answers on the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) isolation recommendation found in its guidance, “COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards Frequently Asked Questions.”
Cal/OSHA confirmed in its updated FAQs that the CDPH’s December 30, 2021, isolation and quarantine recommendations replace the Cal/OSHA emergency temporary standards (ETS). In reaching its conclusion, Cal/OSHA relied on Governor Newsom’s Executive Order N-84-20. As Cal/OSHA reads the executive order, the CDPH’s and/or local jurisdiction’s quarantine and isolation recommendations override ETS quarantine and isolation periods if the ETS exclusions period is longer that the CDPH’s and/or local jurisdiction’s recommendations.
Cal/OSHA specifically confirmed the following quarantine and isolation periods:
“Employees who test positive for COVID-19 must be excluded from the workplace for at least 5 days.
Isolation can end and employees may return to the workplace after day 5 if symptoms are not present or are resolving, anda diagnostic specimen* collected on day 5 or later tests negative.
If an employee is unable or chooses not to testiand their symptoms are not present or are resolving, isolation can end and the employee may return to the workplace after day 10.
If an employee has a fever, isolation must continue and the employee may not return to work...
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