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New rules at California DMV: Expect a temperature check and COVID-19 screening
Visits to California Department of Motor Vehicles offices will include temperature checks and COVID-19 screening questions starting Thursday, the DMV announced.
Customers and employees who record a temperature of 100.4 degrees or higher on an infrared thermometer will be turned away and their appointments rescheduled, according to the release.
The DMV closed field offices early in the pandemic and moved many services online. It reopened offices in early June and resumed in-person drive tests a few weeks later.
The new screenings come in addition to a list of other precautions the department has put in place, which are listed in the release as follows:
▪ All employees wear protective equipment including face coverings.
▪ Employees maintain physical distance and have access to disinfecting wipes, hand sanitizer, gloves, face shields and soap and water.
▪ Access to hand-washing stations for customer use in select locations.
▪ Customers are required to wear a face covering and remain 6 feet apart in line.
▪ Customers are offered a text message that allows them to wait outside the building until notified it is their turn to be served.
▪ Entry into the building is metered.
Drive tests have extra protocols, listed below, according to the release.
▪ All behind-the-wheel drive test applicants are required to wear a face covering and answer screening questions before starting the exam.
▪ Temperature checks.
▪ DMV examiners wear protective equipment – face coverings and gloves – and place plastic covers on the test vehicle’s passenger seat and floorboard.
▪ At least two windows are lowered during the test for increased ventilation.
▪ Examiners conduct more of the test outside of the vehicle, for instance when they are providing applicants with pre-test instructions.
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