{"id":"SEC-02-019","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"New Jersey","state":"NJ","metro":"","industry":"02","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Philip D. Murphy","authority":"N.J.S.A. App. A:9-33 et seq.; P.L. 2021, c. 103","instrument":"Executive Order No. 252","title":"Vaccination or testing requirement for covered workers in health care and high-risk congregate settings","dateIssued":"2021-08-06","effective":"2021-09-07","end":"modified by EO 283 (Jan. 2022)","startDate":"2021-09-07","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["VAX","HC","EMP"],"addressees":["covered health care settings including ambulatory surgical centers and clinic-based settings like ambulatory care and urgent care clinics"],"clause":"1. Covered health care and high-risk congregate settings (\u0027covered settings\u0027) must maintain a policy that requires covered workers to either provide adequate proof that they have been fully vaccinated or submit to COVID-19 testing at minimum one to two times weekly. This requirement shall take effect on September 7, 2021... 5.... Health care facilities shall include acute, pediatric, inpatient rehabilitation, and psychiatric hospitals, including specialty hospitals, and ambulatory surgical centers; long-term care facilities;... clinic-based settings like ambulatory care, urgent care clinics, dialysis centers, Federally Qualified Health Centers, family planning sites, and Opioid Treatment Programs","enforcement":"N.J.S.A. App. A:9-49, -50","functions":["HR","WF","CL","OF"],"notes":"\u0027Clinic-based settings like ambulatory care\u0027 is the clause that reaches outpatient practices; private physician offices not organized as clinics are reached through their ASC and hospital privileges.","sourceUrl":"https://nj.gov/infobank/eo/056murphy/pdf/EO-252.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":120118,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-02","url":"/library/SEC-02-019","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-02-019","citation":"Governor Philip D. Murphy, Executive Order No. 252 (Aug. 6, 2021) (Ex. SEC-02-019)","stateName":"New Jersey","related":[]}