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(a) A private employer may request documentation of a positive COVID-19 test or diagnosis if an employee reports that the employee has been diagnosed or tested positive for COVID-19 and is unable to work and the employer determines that the employee may be subject to a 14-day exclusion from the workplace as required under regulations of the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Section 3205 of Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations) or under any similar COVID-19 exclusion requirements established in statute or regulation. An employer, in requesting documentation pursuant to this section and in receiving information in response to that requirement, shall comply with existing privacy protections.(b) An employer shall consider documentation sufficient if it consists of either of the following:
(1) A positive COVID-19 test. For the purpose of this paragraph, a “positive COVID-19 test” means a positive result on a diagnostic test for SARS-CoV-2 that is both of the following:
(A) Approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration or has an Emergency Use Authorization from the United States Food and Drug Administration to diagnose current infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
(B) Administered in accordance with the United States Food and Drug Administration approval or the United States Food and Drug Administration Emergency Use Authorization, as applicable.
(2) Written documentation by a health care provider advising the employee to self-quarantine due to concerns related to COVID-19.