{"id":"SEC-01-058","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"California","state":"CA","metro":"","industry":"01","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"State Public Health Officer (Tomas J. Aragon), CDPH","authority":"Cal. Health \u0026 Safety Code 120125, 120130(c), 120135, 120140, 120145, 120175, 120195, 131080","instrument":"State Public Health Officer Order of August 5, 2021 (Health Care Worker Vaccine Requirement)","title":"Order of the State Public Health Officer: Health Care Worker Vaccine Requirement","dateIssued":"2021-08-05","effective":"2021-08-05 (full vaccination by Sept. 30, 2021)","end":"Amended Dec. 22, 2021 (boosters), Feb. 22 and Sept. 13, 2022; rescinded effective Apr. 3, 2023","startDate":"2021-08-05","endDate":"2021-12-22","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["VAX","EMP","HC"],"addressees":["workers in General Acute Care Hospitals, Skilled Nursing Facilities, Intermediate Care Facilities, Acute Psychiatric Hospitals, Adult Day Health Care Centers, PACE, Ambulatory Surgery Centers, Chemical Dependency Recovery Hospitals, Clinics and Doctor Offices, Congregate Living Health Facilities, Dialysis Centers, Hospice Facilities, Pediatric Day Health and Respite Care Facilities, Residential Substance Use and Mental Health Treatment Facilities"],"clause":"1. All workers who provide services or work in facilities described in subdivision (a) have their first dose of a one-dose regimen or their second dose of a two-dose regimen by September 30, 2021... 2. Workers may be exempt from the vaccination requirements under section (1) only upon providing the operator of the facility a declination form... [Religious Beliefs or Qualifying Medical Reasons]... Testing must occur twice weekly for unvaccinated exempt workers in acute health care and long-term care settings, and once weekly for such workers in other health care settings [and exempt workers must wear a NIOSH respirator or surgical mask at all times in the facility].","enforcement":"Health \u0026 Safety Code 120275, 120295; CDPH licensing (AFL 21-34)","functions":["HR","WF","IC","OF","CB"],"notes":"The largest State\u0027s hospital workforce was under a full-vaccination order for the last 56 days of Q3 2021.","sourceUrl":"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/Order-of-the-State-Public-Health-Officer-Health-Care-Worker-Vaccine-Requirement.aspx","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20210810212347/https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/Order-of-the-State-Public-Health-Officer-Health-Care-Worker-Vaccine-Requirement.aspx","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":401269,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-01","url":"/library/SEC-01-058","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-01-058","citation":"State Public Health Officer (Tomas J. Aragon), CDPH, State Public Health Officer Order of August 5, 2021 (Health Care Worker Vaccine Requirement) (Aug. 5, 2021) (Ex. SEC-01-058)","stateName":"California","related":[]}