Viral hives can come and go, within a few hours or days, and can last up to four weeks. However, there have been cases where viral hives have been seen for as long as 6 weeks, moving them over into the chronic hives category. Viral hives often itch like crazy and can cover more than a small area of the body.
Competent Person: Competent person means one who is capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards in the surroundings or working conditions, which are unsanitary, hazardous, or dangerous to employees, and who has authorization to take prompt corrective measures to eliminate them.
Definition paraphrased from the American Medical Association â The impaired. physician (practitioner) is one who is unable to practice medicine with reasonable. skill and safety to patients because of a physical or mental illness, including. deterioration through the aging process or loss of motor skill, or abuse of. prescription drugs, or the use of illegal drugs or alcohol.