New York State Revises Safety Plan Requirements
/On July 1st, New York State published a revised Interim Guidance for Vehicle Sales, Leases, and Rentals During the Covid-19 Public Health Emergency.
Dealers must become thoroughly familiar with the revised guidance and affirm again that you have read and understand the updated guidance. You will also need to replace the previous guidance in your Safety Plan with the current guidance, dated July 1, 2020.
The latest version of the complete NYS Guidance, which includes these revisions, can be found here.
A list of the latest NYS mandatory and recommended best practices can be found here.
On June 26th, there were three previous changes to the guidelines.
The State clarified rules that prohibit you from keeping temperature data records for anyone entering your dealership. However, you are allowed to keep records about whether any of your employees, visitors, or customers have failed a screening questionnaire. Remember, you cannot require your customers to complete the screening questionnaire.
Food service may resume in your dealership, if you are operating in an area that has entered Phase 3. Dealerships are still prohibited from offering self-serve or buffet-style food stations. And before offering food service, dealers must also affirm they have read, follow closely, and post these food service guidelines in their dealership. The latest version of the Food Service guidelines can be found here.
The last change to the revised guidelines is about Managing Employees Who Have Been Diagnosed or Exposed to COVID-19.
