{"id":"NY-075","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"New York","state":"NY","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Commissioner of Health Howard A. Zucker, M.D., J.D.","authority":"10 NYCRR 2.62","instrument":"Commissioner\u0027s Determination on COVID-19 Testing Pursuant to 10 NYCRR 2.62","title":"Commissioner\u0027s Determination on COVID-19 Testing Pursuant to 10 NYCRR 2.62","dateIssued":"2021-09-02","effective":"2021-09-02, \u0027effective immediately and for as long as this determination remains in effect\u0027","end":"Continued into the 2021-22 school year","startDate":"2021-09-02","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["SCH","VAX","EMP"],"addressees":["all P-12 public, charter, private and state-operated schools","all teachers, substitute teachers, student teachers, administrators, paraprofessional and support staff including bus drivers, and contractors working in P-12 schools"],"clause":"all P-12 schools are hereby required to implement testing consistent with the following: 1. Definitions and Application: a. Teachers and Staff. This determination applies to all P-12 (public or non-public) school district faculty or staff, including all teachers, substitute teachers, student teachers, school administrators, paraprofessional staff, and support staff, including bus drivers. This determination also applies to contractors working in a P-12 school... 2. Screening a. Testing Requirement for teachers and staff: P-12 schools are required to ensure teachers and staff, as outlined above, have testing performed for COVID-19 at least once per week when a school is in a geographic area identified by the CDC as having low, moderate, substantial, or high transmission rates. Teachers and staff may be permitted to opt-out of mandatory weekly screening testing if they provide documentation of being fully vaccinated... 4.... All school students, teachers, and staff with new or worsening symptoms of COVID-19 must be excluded from school, regardless of vaccination status","enforcement":"10 NYCRR 2.62(b): fine up to $1,000 per violation per day; local health officers","functions":["HR school staff and contractors (weekly testing or vaccination)","IN instruction (exclusion rules)","TR school transportation contractors","WF"],"notes":"Reaches private schools and their contractors (bus companies, food service, custodial vendors)","sourceUrl":"https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2021/09/2.62-determination.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210902203213/https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2021/09/2.62-determination.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":57614,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"NY","url":"/library/NY-075","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/NY-075","citation":"Commissioner of Health Howard A. Zucker, M.D., J.D, Commissioner\u0027s Determination on COVID-19 Testing Pursuant to 10 NYCRR 2.62 (Sept. 2, 2021) (Ex. NY-075)","stateName":"New York","related":["DUT-NY-004","DUT-NY-005","SEC-21-GM-008","NY-072","NY-127","NY-073","NY-074","NY-128"]}