{"id":"CA-031","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"California","state":"CA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"State Public Health Officer Tomas J. Aragon","authority":"Health and Safety Code secs. 120125, 120140, 120175, 120195, 131080","instrument":"State Public Health Officer Order of July 26, 2021 (Health Care Worker Protections in High-Risk Settings; Unvaccinated Workers in High-Risk Settings)","title":"Order of the State Public Health Officer: Unvaccinated Workers in High-Risk Settings","dateIssued":"2021-07-26","effective":"2021-08-09 12:01 a.m. (full compliance 2021-08-23)","end":"2022-09-17 (rescinded)","startDate":"2021-08-09","endDate":"2022-09-17","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["VAX","HC","EMP","MASK"],"addressees":["acute health care and long-term care settings (general acute care hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities)","high-risk congregate settings (adult and senior care facilities, homeless shelters, State and local correctional facilities and detention centers)","other health care settings (acute psychiatric hospitals, adult day health care centers, PACE centers, ambulatory surgery centers, chemical dependency recovery hospitals, clinics and doctor offices, congregate living health facilities, dental offices, dialysis centers, hospice facilities, pediatric day health and respite care facilities, residential substance use and mental health treatment facilities)"],"clause":"\u0027All facilities identified in this Order must verify vaccine status\u0027 of all workers; unvaccinated or incompletely vaccinated workers must be tested \u0027at least twice weekly\u0027 in acute health care and long-term care settings and \u0027at least once weekly\u0027 in high-risk congregate and other health care settings; facilities must provide respirators to unvaccinated workers in patient-care areas and surgical masks in other settings; \u0027This Order takes effect on August 9, 2021\u0027 with full compliance by August 23, 2021.","enforcement":"Health and Safety Code sec. 120275 et seq.; facility licensure","functions":["HR","WF","IC","FD front desk","CH chairside (dental offices named)","CL clinics"],"notes":"First statewide vaccination-or-testing mandate; dental offices, clinics and doctor offices and hospice facilities are named addressees.","sourceUrl":"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/Order-of-the-State-Public-Health-Officer-Unvaccinated-Workers-In-High-Risk-Settings.aspx","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":207138,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"CA","url":"/library/CA-031","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/CA-031","citation":"State Public Health Officer Tomas J. Aragon, State Public Health Officer Order of July 26, 2021 (Health Care Worker Protections in High-Risk Settings; Unvaccinated Workers in High-Risk Settings) (Ex. CA-031)","stateName":"California","related":["SEC-02-GM-005","SEC-02-GM-007","SEC-02-GM-027","SEC-24-GM-009","CA-030","CA-032","CA-033","CA-038","CA-037","CA-029","CA-036"]}