{"id":"CO-055","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Colorado","state":"CO","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Colorado State Board of Health (rule enforced by CDPHE Health Facilities and Emergency Medical Services Division)","authority":"C.R.S. §§ 25-1.5-102, 25-1.5-103, 25-3-101 et seq.; emergency rulemaking under C.R.S. § 24-4-103(6)","instrument":"Emergency rule, 6 CCR 1011-1, Chapter 2, Part 12","title":"COVID-19 Immunization of Employees, Direct Contractors, and Support Staff [of licensed health care facilities]","dateIssued":"2021-08-30","effective":"2021-08-30","end":"Emergency rule (120 days), re-adopted by the Board of Health in December 2021 and made permanent thereafter; deadlines Sept. 30 and Oct. 31, 2021","startDate":"2021-08-30","endDate":"2021-10-31","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["VAX","HC","EMP","OTHER"],"addressees":["all facilities licensed under 6 CCR 1011-1 (hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living residences, home care agencies, hospices, ambulatory surgical centers, community clinics, dialysis clinics, behavioral health entities, freestanding emergency departments and others)","their employees, direct contractors and support staff"],"clause":"12.2.1 Each facility shall develop and implement a policy and procedure to ensure 100% of employees, [direct contractors, and support staff are vaccinated]... (A) All employees, direct contractors, and support staff must have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccination no later than September 30, 2021. [(B)... second dose] of the COVID-19 vaccination (if applicable) no later than October 31, 2021.... (E) On or after October 31, 2021, each facility shall ensure all newly hired employees, direct [contractors, and support staff are fully vaccinated in] accordance with this Part 12.... 12.4.1 Beginning October 1, 2021, each facility shall report its COVID-19 vaccination rate to the [Department]","enforcement":"12.1.2 \u0027The requirements of this Part 12 shall be overseen and enforced by the Department\u0027 through facility licensure; documentation subject to Department examination \u0027at any time\u0027; waiver process for religious exemptions","functions":["HR credentialing and hiring","IC infection control","WF workforce availability","OF reporting and compliance"],"notes":"Recognized on adoption that about 30 percent of the covered workforce was unvaccinated (Littler, Sept. 1, 2021); medical exemptions require a Colorado-licensed physician, PA or APRN statement; religious exemptions per facility policy","sourceUrl":"https://seconews.org/publisher/files/6%20CCR%201011-1,%20Chapter%202%20-%20Emergency%20Rulemaking%20Adopted%20Rules%20(2).pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":311396,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"CO","url":"/library/CO-055","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/CO-055","citation":"Colorado State Board of Health (rule enforced by CDPHE Health Facilities and Emergency Medical Services Division), Emergency rule, 6 CCR 1011-1, Chapter 2, Part 12 (Aug. 30, 2021) (Ex. CO-055)","stateName":"Colorado","related":["DUT-CO-001"]}