Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009: Update to the List of Potentially Life-Threatening Infectious Diseases to Which Emergency Response Employees May Be Exposed To Include Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), the Disease Caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), 17335 [2020-06458]
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delegated herein prior to the effective
date of this delegation.
Robert McGowan,
Chief of Staff, CDC.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment
Extension Act of 2009: Update to the
List of Potentially Life-Threatening
Infectious Diseases to Which
Emergency Response Employees May
Be Exposed To Include Coronavirus
Disease 2019 (COVID–19), the Disease
Caused by Severe Acute Respiratory
Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS–CoV–
2)
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH), of the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), within
the Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS), is adding coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID–19), the disease
caused by severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS–CoV–2),
to the List of Potentially LifeThreatening Infectious Diseases to
Which Emergency Response Employees
May be Exposed. The list and
companion guidelines are published by
NIOSH pursuant to the Ryan White
HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of
2009. NIOSH encourages medical
facilities to review the agency’s
guidelines describing the manner in
which medical facilities should make
determinations on whether an
emergency response employee was
exposed to COVID–19, the disease
caused by SARS–CoV–2.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rachel Weiss, Office of the Director,
NIOSH; 1090 Tusculum Avenue, MS:C–
48, Cincinnati, OH 45226; telephone
(855) 818–1629 (this is a toll-free
number); email NIOSHregs@cdc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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SUMMARY:
Statutory Authority
The Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS
Resources Emergency (CARE) Act of
1990 (Pub. L. 101–381) was
reauthorized in 1996, 2000, 2006, and
2009. The most recent reauthorization,
the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment
Extension Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111–87),
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amended the Public Health Service Act
(PHS Act, 42 U.S.C. 201–300ii) and,
pursuant to Section 2695, requires the
HHS Secretary to establish the
following: A list of potentially lifethreatening infectious diseases,
including emerging infectious diseases,
to which emergency response
employees (ERE) may be exposed while
responding to emergencies; guidelines
describing circumstances in which EREs
may be exposed to these diseases, taking
into account the conditions under
which emergency response is provided;
and guidelines describing the manner in
which medical facilities should make
determinations about exposures to
EREs.
In a Federal Register notice published
on July 14, 2010, the HHS Secretary
delegated this responsibility to the CDC
Director.1 The CDC Director further
assigned the responsibility to the
NIOSH Director and formally redelegated the authority to develop the
list and guidelines to NIOSH on August
27, 2018.2
Addition of COVID–19, the Disease
Caused by the Virus SARS–COV–2, to
the List of Potentially Life-Threatening
Infectious Diseases to Which
Emergency Response Employees May
Be Exposed
The list of potentially life-threatening
infectious diseases maintained by
NIOSH is available in a Federal Register
notice published on November 2, 2011
(76 FR 67736), available on the NIOSH
website at https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/
topics/ryanwhite/default.html. With this
notice the NIOSH List of Potentially
Life-Threatening Infectious Diseases to
Which Emergency Response Employees
May Be Exposed is updated by the
addition of the following:
C. Potentially Life-Threatening
Infectious Diseases: Routinely
Transmitted Through Aerosolized
Droplet Means
■ COVID–19 (the disease caused by the
virus SARS–CoV–2)
COVID–19, the disease caused by the
virus SARS–CoV–2, is being added to
the existing list. COVID–19, the disease
caused by the virus SARS–CoV–2, is a
potentially life-threatening emerging
infectious disease that is thought to be
spread primarily by respiratory droplets
generated by an infectious person
through events such as coughing or
sneezing (https://www.cdc.gov/
coronavirus/2019-ncov/).
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EREs may be exposed to COVID–19,
the disease caused by the virus SARSCoV–2, by a victim of an emergency
who may be infected with SARS–CoV–
2 while attending to, treating, assisting,
or transporting the victim to a medical
facility. Medical facilities should review
the NIOSH guidelines describing the
manner in which medical facilities
should make determinations about
exposures to life-threatening infectious
diseases, including COVID–19, available
on the NIOSH website at https://
www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/ryanwhite/
default.html.
John J. Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, Department of Health and
Human Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
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Office of the Secretary
Emergency Use Authorization
Declaration
Notice of Emergency Use
Authorization Declaration.
ACTION:
The Secretary of Health and
Human Services (HHS) is issuing this
notice pursuant to section 564 of the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
(FD&C) Act. On February 4, 2020, the
Secretary determined pursuant to his
authority under section 564 of the FD&C
Act that there is a public health
emergency that has a significant
potential to affect national security or
the health and security of United States
citizens living abroad and that involves
a novel (new) coronavirus (nCoV) first
detected in Wuhan City, Hubei
Province, China in 2019 (2019–nCoV).
The virus is now named SARS–CoV–2,
which causes the illness COVID–19. On
the basis of this determination, he also
declared that circumstances exist
justifying the authorization of
emergency use of medical devices,
including alternative products used as
medical devices, pursuant to section
564 of the FD&C Act, subject to the
terms of any authorization issued under
that section.
DATES: The determination was effective
February 4, 2020, and this declaration is
effective March 24, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert P. Kadlec, M.D., MTM&H, MS,
Assistant Secretary for Preparedness
and Response, Office of the Secretary,
Department of Health and Human
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009: Update to
the List of Potentially Life-Threatening Infectious Diseases to Which
Emergency Response Employees May Be Exposed To Include Coronavirus
Disease 2019 (COVID-19), the Disease Caused by Severe Acute Respiratory
Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH), of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),
within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is adding
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the disease caused by severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), to the List of
Potentially Life-Threatening Infectious Diseases to Which Emergency
Response Employees May be Exposed. The list and companion guidelines
are published by NIOSH pursuant to the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment
Extension Act of 2009. NIOSH encourages medical facilities to review
the agency's guidelines describing the manner in which medical
facilities should make determinations on whether an emergency response
employee was exposed to COVID-19, the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rachel Weiss, Office of the Director,
NIOSH; 1090 Tusculum Avenue, MS:C-48, Cincinnati, OH 45226; telephone
(855) 818-1629 (this is a toll-free number); email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Statutory Authority
The Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act of
1990 (Pub. L. 101-381) was reauthorized in 1996, 2000, 2006, and 2009.
The most recent reauthorization, the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment
Extension Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111-87), amended the Public Health
Service Act (PHS Act, 42 U.S.C. 201-300ii) and, pursuant to Section
2695, requires the HHS Secretary to establish the following: A list of
potentially life-threatening infectious diseases, including emerging
infectious diseases, to which emergency response employees (ERE) may be
exposed while responding to emergencies; guidelines describing
circumstances in which EREs may be exposed to these diseases, taking
into account the conditions under which emergency response is provided;
and guidelines describing the manner in which medical facilities should
make determinations about exposures to EREs.
In a Federal Register notice published on July 14, 2010, the HHS
Secretary delegated this responsibility to the CDC Director.\1\ The CDC
Director further assigned the responsibility to the NIOSH Director and
formally re-delegated the authority to develop the list and guidelines
to NIOSH on August 27, 2018.\2\
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\1\ 75 FR 40842.
\2\ 83 FR 50379 (October 4, 2018).
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Addition of COVID-19, the Disease Caused by the Virus SARS-COV-2, to
the List of Potentially Life-Threatening Infectious Diseases to Which
Emergency Response Employees May Be Exposed
The list of potentially life-threatening infectious diseases
maintained by NIOSH is available in a Federal Register notice published
on November 2, 2011 (76 FR 67736), available on the NIOSH website at
https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/ryanwhite/default.html. With this
notice the NIOSH List of Potentially Life-Threatening Infectious
Diseases to Which Emergency Response Employees May Be Exposed is
updated by the addition of the following:
C. Potentially Life-Threatening Infectious Diseases: Routinely
Transmitted Through Aerosolized Droplet Means
[squf] COVID-19 (the disease caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2)
COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2, is being
added to the existing list. COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus
SARS-CoV-2, is a potentially life-threatening emerging infectious
disease that is thought to be spread primarily by respiratory droplets
generated by an infectious person through events such as coughing or
sneezing (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/).
EREs may be exposed to COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus
SARS-CoV-2, by a victim of an emergency who may be infected with SARS-
CoV-2 while attending to, treating, assisting, or transporting the
victim to a medical facility. Medical facilities should review the
NIOSH guidelines describing the manner in which medical facilities
should make determinations about exposures to life-threatening
infectious diseases, including COVID-19, available on the NIOSH website
at https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/ryanwhite/default.html.
John J. Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and
Human Services.
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