{"id":"ECO-B-084","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"California","state":"CA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"B","issuer":"State Public Health Officer, California Department of Public Health","authority":"Cal. Health \u0026 Safety Code 120125, 120140, 120175, 120195, 131080","instrument":"State Public Health Officer Order of July 26, 2021, Health Care Worker Protections in High-Risk Settings","title":"Health Care Worker Protections in High-Risk Settings: verification of vaccination status of all workers; weekly (SNF twice-weekly) testing and masking of unvaccinated workers","dateIssued":"2021-07-26","effective":"12:01 a.m. August 9, 2021; full compliance by August 23, 2021","end":"Rescinded effective September 17, 2022","startDate":"2021-08-09","endDate":"2022-09-17","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["VAX","HC","EMP","MASK"],"addressees":["acute health care and long-term care settings (hospitals, SNFs, intermediate care), high-risk congregate settings (adult and senior care, homeless shelters, correctional facilities, detention centers), other health care settings","all workers in those facilities"],"clause":"\u0027II. All facilities identified in this Order must verify vaccine status of all workers.\u0027 Unvaccinated or incompletely vaccinated workers must be tested \u0027at least once weekly with either PCR testing or antigen testing\u0027 (twice weekly in acute health care and long-term care settings) and wear surgical masks or respirators. \u0027VIII. This Order shall take effect on August 9, 2021, at 12:01 am. Facilities must be in full compliance with the Order by August 23, 2021.\u0027","enforcement":"Cal. Health \u0026 Safety Code 120275, 120295","functions":["WF","HR","IC"],"notes":"Companion to the July 26, 2021 CalHR policy for State employees (Ex. ECO-B-108: California \u0027August 2, 2021\u0027 effective).","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":"ECO-B","url":"/library/ECO-B-084","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/ECO-B-084","citation":"State Public Health Officer, California Department of Public Health, State Public Health Officer Order of July 26, 2021, Health Care Worker Protections in High-Risk Settings (Ex. ECO-B-084)","stateName":"California","related":["ECO-B-108","AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-091","ECO-B-085"]}