Symptom and Temperature Check Requirements - State List

Screen all employees reporting to work for COVID-19 symptoms with the following questions

Consider pre-shift screening of staff for symptoms (while protecting staff privacy)

Implement symptom screening for employees prior to the start of their shift. Wellness/symptom checks, including temperature checks for all personnel, when possible, as they arrive on premises or before opening.

Employees should be screened for fever, cough, shortness of breath, sore throat, or loss of taste or smell as they are entering the building at the beginning work.

Train employees on how to limit the spread of COVID-19. This includes how to screen themselves for symptoms and when to stay home. Set up individual control measures and screenings

Employers and sole proprietors shall...implement symptom monitoring protocols, conduct daily temperature checks and monitor symptoms in employees at the worksite to the greatest extent possible, or if not practicable, through employee self-assessment at home prior to coming to the worksite. Employers with over fifty (50) employees in any one location shall, in addition to the above requirements, implement the following protocols: implement employee screening systems that follow the requirements of [the section] above in one of the following ways: i. Set up stations at the worksite for symptom screening and temperature checks; or ii. Create a business policy that requires at-home employee self-screening each work day and reporting of the results to the employer prior to entering the worksite;

Ask employees resuming on-premise work to confirm they have not experienced COVID-19 CDC-defined symptoms and to monitor their own symptoms, including cough, shortness of breath, or any two of the following symptoms

Employers must screen each incoming employee with a basic questionnaire, which should include at least the below, however can be made more comprehensive and/or employer-specific in consultation with medical professionals

Screening and evaluating workers who exhibit signs of illness, such as a fever over 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit, cough, or shortness of breath

On a case-by-case basis, include other practices appropriate for specific types of businesses such as screening of employees for illness and exposures upon work entry...

Implement on-site testing and health screening procedures

Conduct daily health assessments by utilizing a screening procedure for COVID-19 symptoms for employees who are reporting for work. Examples include self-assessments before arrival in the workplace, screening questions, or taking temperatures with a no-touch thermometer

Conduct daily health assessments by utilizing a screening procedure for COVID-19 symptoms for employees who are reporting for work. Examples include self-assessments before arrival in the workplace, screening questions, or taking temperatures with a no-touch thermometer

Monitor employees temperatures and symptoms regularly.

Entities must require employees to undergo daily temperature and health checks; these checks may be either self-administered or administered by the entities prior to workplace entry. Self-administered temperature and health checks may performed at home...All businesses must assess employees each day to ensure that they do not have any COVID-19 symptoms. Businesses may choose whether to require: 1) an in-person assessment at the beginning of each day, or; 2) a self- screening that the employee conducts at least once every 24 hours and then reports the results to the business.... These daily temperature and health checks may be administered by the employer at the business site or self-administered by the employee prior to arriving at work (at least once every 24-hour period)

Screen customers for symptoms before entry

Ask employees and customers the following questions to screen for illness:

Screen employees for COVID-19 symptoms at start of work. Implement a daily screening process for workers, which includes CDC or MDH recommended health questions, and consider temperature testing.

Employees who are displaying COVID19-like symptoms do not report to work. Provide training to workers on up-to-date safety information and precautions including hygiene and other measures aimed at reducing disease transmission, including: Self-screening at home, including temperature and symptom checks. Facilities must screen workers at each shift by ensuring the following:

Develop daily entry self-screening protocol

Visitor and Employee Health Screening Checklist.

Business and non-profit entities shall make reasonable, good-faith efforts to comply with the Mississippi State Dept of Health and CDC's regulations and guidelines to prevent the spread of COVID-19, including...daily screening of employees and volunteers for COVID-19 symptoms before beginning shift. For all businesses in these counties (Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Claiborne, Coahoma, Covington, De Soto, Forrest, Grenada, Harrison, Hinds, Holmes, Humphreys, Jackson, Jefferson, Jones, Lamar, Lee, Leflore, Lowndes, Madison, Montgomery, Noxubee, Panola, Pontotoc, Quitman, Rankin, Sharkey, Simpson, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Tate, Walthall, Washington, Wayne, Winston and Yalobusha.) : each employee shall be screened at the beginning of their shift.

Monitor workforce for indicative symptoms. Symptomatic people should not physically return to work until cleared by a medical provider.

Employers should Develop and implement appropriate policies, in accordance with federal, state, and local regulations and guidance, and informed by industry best practices, regarding

Mandatory: Employers must perform daily symptom assessment of employees.

Employers must develop a process for screening all employees reporting for work for COVID-19 related symptoms as follows

Conduct daily health checks (e.g. temperature screening and/or symptom checking) of employees safely and respectfully, and in accordance with any applicable privacy laws and regulations

Screen employees before they enter the workplace each day (verbally or with a written form or text- based or other app). Send employees home who are experiencing the following COVID-19 symptoms related to COVID-19 and direct them to obtain free testing through the Department of Health.

Implement mandatory health screening assessment (e.g. questionnaire, temperature check) before employees begin work each day and for essential visitors, asking about (1) COVID-19 symptoms in past 14 days, (2) positive COVID-19 test in past 14 days, and/or (3) close or proximate contact with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 case in past 14 days. Assessment responses must be reviewed and such review must be documented. Vendors and students must be screened in some cases.

Conduct daily symptom screening... of employees at entrance to workplace with immediately sending symptomatic workers home to isolate. Screening questionnaire: https://files.nc.gov/ncdhhs/Symptom-Screening-Checklist-ENGLISH.docx

Screen clients and employees for symptoms, may include temperature check when possible prior to provision of services.

Employees must perform daily symptom assessment. Per the CDC, symptoms include cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, fever, chills, muscle pain, sore throat, and new loss of taste or smell.

Encourage employees to self-monitor and report symptoms, and stay home if they are sick

[The Oregon Health Authority... encourage[s] all employers to screen all employees daily for symptoms of COVID-19... Consider regular health checks (e.g., temperature and respiratory symptom screening) or symptom self-report of employees, if job-related and consistent with business necessity.

Department of Health recommends that employers check the temperature and or symptoms of all employees at the beginning of each shift

All businesses and organizations shall implement and ensure compliance with screening of all individuals entering its establishment(s) at any time for any reason...If an individual is identified as exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19 that cannot otherwise be explained by known allergies or non-infectious illnesses, the organization shall deny access to that individual unless the establishment is a healthcare facility with other access requirements or limitations, the individual is a resident in a multi-unit residential establishment, or the establishment is a cooling center.

Where appropriate, screen employees for symptoms prior to entering the workplace

To reduce the impact of COVID-19 on businesses, workers, customers, and the public, it is important for all employees to be screened for COVID-19 symptoms before they expose other workers. Through wellness screening, all ill employees, regardless of the source of the illness, are excluded from the work environment until a contagious disease can be ruled out.

Protocols for All Employers and Event Organizers: Screen employees and contractors before coming into the business. Send home any employee or contractor who has any of the following new or worsening signs or symptoms of possible COVID-19:

Symptom checking in public and business interactions (checklist or verbal), including temperature checks when feasible

Prior to the commencement of each work shift, all employees shall complete a health survey either in-person at the worksite or prior to arriving at the worksite.

Prior to a shift and on days employees are scheduled to work, employers should screen employees prior to starting work. If an employer chooses to perform the screening, it must be performed in a way that protects confidenality and privacy and is consistent with applicable laws and regulations. Employees should assess themselves for symptoms of COVID-19 before reporting to work for each shift. Employees should ask themselves: “YES or NO since my last day of work, have I had any of the following:”

Screen employees and visitors who enter the workplace. This does not include customers who are in a public-facing area (for example, restaurant or supermarket patrons). Document these daily temperature, symptoms, and exposure checks.

Screening employees is recommended for some business sectors.

Screening questions. Do you currently have any of the following: