{"id":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-091","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"California - Department of Public Health, Center for Health Care Quality","state":"CA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS","eco":"","issuer":"Cassie Dunham, Deputy Director, Center for Health Care Quality, CDPH","authority":"the July 26, 2021 State Public Health Officer Order (recited: \u0027becomes effective August 9, 2021\u0027)","instrument":"AFL 21-28 (as revised), Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Testing, Vaccination Verification and Personal Protective Equipment for Health Care Personnel at Skilled Nursing Facilities","title":"SNFs must verify HCP vaccination status and test unvaccinated HCP under the July 26, 2021 order (effective Aug. 9, 2021; facilities in compliance no later than Aug. 23, 2021); later revisions add booster and twice-weekly testing requirements","dateIssued":"","effective":"Aug. 9, 2021 (the Public Health Officer Order); compliance no later than Aug. 23, 2021","end":"revised through 2022","startDate":"2021-08-09","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["VAX","HC","EMP"],"addressees":["all skilled nursing facilities"],"clause":"The Public Health Order issued July 26, 2021 related to unvaccinated workers in high risk setting becomes effective August 9, 2021.... [Facilities must be in] compliance no later than August 23, 2021.... CDPH is requiring HCP to be up to date with vaccinations and receive boosters by March 1, 2022, unless exempt.... [Unvaccinated or unboosted HCP] must be tested for COVID-19 at least twice weekly. Facilities must begin testing of all booster-eligible HCP who have not yet received their booster by December 27, 2021.","enforcement":"Health \u0026 Safety Code § 120295 (violation of a public health order); § 1280.1","functions":["HR workforce (vaccination verification; testing of the unvaccinated)","IC infection control and PPE","OF documentation"],"notes":"The exhibit is the current revision, which recites the in-period requirements (effective Aug. 9, 2021; compliance by Aug. 23, 2021).","sourceUrl":"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CHCQ/LCP/Pages/AFL-21-28.aspx","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":172452,"grade":"secondary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-091","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-091","citation":"Cassie Dunham, Deputy Director, Center for Health Care Quality, CDPH, AFL 21-28 (as revised), Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Testing, Vaccination Verification and Personal Protective Equipment for Health Care Personnel at Skilled Nursing Facilities (Aug. 9, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-091)","stateName":"California","related":["ECO-B-084"]}