{"id":"NM-068","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"New Mexico","state":"NM","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Acting Secretary of Health David R. Scrase, M.D.","authority":"Public Health Act, NMSA 1978, Section 24-1-2(A), 24-1-3; Public Health Emergency Response Act; All Hazard Emergency Management Act; EO 2020-004 as renewed","instrument":"New Mexico PHO of Aug. 17, 2021 (school workers; hospital and congregate-care workers)","title":"Public Health Emergency Order Requiring All School Workers Comply with Certain Health Requirements and Requiring Congregate Care Facility Workers, Hospital Workers, and Employees of the Office of the Governor Be Fully Vaccinated","dateIssued":"2021-08-17","effective":"2021-08-17 (school-worker requirements from Aug. 23; first dose within 10 days, second within 40 days)","end":"Duration of the public health emergency; amended Sept. 15, 2021 (NM-071)","startDate":"2021-08-17","endDate":"2021-09-15","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["VAX","MASK","HC","SCH","EMP","EVT"],"addressees":["hospital workers (including contractors, students, clerical, dietary, environmental services, laundry, security and volunteers)","congregate care facility workers (nursing homes, assisted living, adult day care, hospice, rehabilitation, State correctional and juvenile facilities, residential treatment centers, Veterans\u0027 Home, community homes)","all school workers in private, public and charter schools","employees of the Office of the Governor","State Fair entrants Sept. 9-19, 2021"],"clause":"(1) Beginning Monday August 23, 2021, all school workers in any private school, public school, or charter school who are not fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or are unwilling to provide proof of vaccination to their respective supervisors shall: a. Provide adequate proof that the school worker has tested negative for COVID-19 on a weekly basis; and b. Wear a mask or multilayer cloth face covering at all times indoors... (3) All hospital workers, congregate care facility workers, and employees of the Office of the Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 unless they qualify for an exemption. If an individual does not qualify for an exemption, the individual shall: a. Receive the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine within 10 days of the effective date of this Order and their second dose within 40 days of their first dose... (5)... the unvaccinated exempt worker shall: a. Provide adequate proof that the individual has tested negative for COVID-19 on a weekly basis; and b. Wear a mask... at all times indoors at the hospital or congregate care facility... (6) The operator of a hospital, operator of a congregate care facility, and the Office of Governor... shall maintain records of all workers\u0027 vaccination or exemption status... (8) All persons who are eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine and enter the grounds of the New Mexico State Fair from September 9-19, 2021 must provide adequate proof of being fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to a State Fair official unless the individual qualifies for an exemption.... This Order shall take effect on August 17, 2021 and remain in effect for the duration of the public health emergency first declared in Executive Order 2020-004 and any subsequent renewals","enforcement":"Public Health Emergency Response Act Section 12-10A-19 (civil administrative penalties); records to DOH on request","functions":["HR credentialing and hiring in hospitals, nursing homes, home-care agencies operating in congregate facilities, schools","WF (school and health-care workforce)","IC infection control","IN school staffing","EV State Fair vendors, exhibitors and concessions","CB"],"notes":"Definitions reach \u0027contractors who perform services on-site\u0027 at congregate care facilities and \u0027contractual staff not employed by the hospital\u0027 (paras. 2, 5), so staffing agencies, therapy contractors and vendors were bound.","sourceUrl":"https://cv.nmhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/081721-PHO-Vaccines.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210820053201/https://cv.nmhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/081721-PHO-Vaccines.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":805302,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"NM","url":"/library/NM-068","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/NM-068","citation":"Acting Secretary of Health David R. Scrase, M.D, New Mexico PHO of Aug. 17, 2021 (school workers; hospital and congregate-care workers) (Ex. NM-068)","stateName":"New Mexico","related":["NM-071","AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-050","SEC-17-GM-026","SEC-20-GM-043","NM-067","NM-062","NM-070"]}