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# Activate a health and safety requirement

# Activate a health and safety requirement {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Zurich
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* Updated July 31, 2025
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* ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 2 minutes to read

Activate requirements to track when employees are ready to return to the workplace or to safely travel to another site. You can also activate requirements that visitors must complete before entering the workplace.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn_imt_core.admin

## About this task

Use health and safety requirements to define the requirements that employees must
fulfill before they can return to the workplace, safely travel to another site
, or that visitors must fulfill before entering the workplace. Employee Readiness Core includes
pre-built requirements. For more information, see [Included health and safety requirements](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/OI1L~7qR~pvuNbjSoFw2vA "Employee Readiness Core provides pre-built requirements.").

Requirements are not active by default. A requirement must be activated before you
can track whether employees or visitors
have fulfilled the requirement.

## Procedure

1. Navigate to AllEmployee Health and Safety StatusHealth and Safety Requirements.
2. Click the requirement that you want to activate.  
   Note:  
   Pre-built requirements provided by Employee Readiness Core are ready to activate without any modifications. However, you can choose to edit them to meet your company's needs. For example, you can edit the Use duration and Valid for fields to adjust the amount of time a requirement status is valid for. You can also select the Actionable check box to add a link for employees to complete the requirement on the Health and Safety Status page. If you're activating a custom requirement, make sure that you select a flow in the Requirement flow field. You must also select a table and conditions in the Include previous applicable records section. You can't activate the requirement unless these fields are populated.
3. Click Activate.  
   After the requirement is activated, health and safety user records are created for employees or visitors who have activity for the requirement. Health and safety user records are also created for employees or visitors who have activity for the requirement before it was activated.

## What to do next

You can view all health and safety user records by navigating to Employee Health and Safety StatusHealth and Safety Users. The Requirements status column shows the
employee's or visitor's progress
towards completing all active requirements. The value is
Cleared if the employee or visitor has fulfilled all active
requirements for their current location. The value is Not cleared if the
employee or visitor is missing any
requirements.

You can also look up the requirements status for individual employees or visitors by navigating to Employee Health and Safety StatusView Employee and Visitor Status. The status page can be used during the employee or visitor health screening process for
entering the workplace. For more information, see [Conduct a health screen for entry](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/VEVxhUah9uYXqhy87qc0FQ "Use a health screen to verify a person's return requirement status to determine whether the person is able to enter the location.")
and [Screen a visitor for entry to the workplace](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/LCK2TQPf10PSC5Pyg4ZmCg "Verify the visitor's entry requirement status on your smartphone, tablet, or computer. Then complete and submit the health screening form to determine whether the visitor is able to enter the workplace.") .

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