{"id":"SEC-03-079","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Rhode Island","state":"RI","metro":"","industry":"03","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Rhode Island Department of Health","authority":"R.I. Gen. Laws 23-1-17, 23-17-10; emergency rulemaking 42-35-2.10","instrument":"216-RICR-20-15-8, Immunization, Testing, and Health Screening for Health Care Workers (emergency amendment)","title":"COVID-19 vaccination requirement for health care workers and health care providers including dentists","dateIssued":"2021-08-17","effective":"2021-08-17 (emergency rule to Feb. 10, 2022; amended Feb. 10 - Mar. 11, 2022)","end":"2022-03-13 (inactive)","startDate":"2021-08-17","endDate":"2022-03-13","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["VAX","HC","EMP"],"addressees":["health care workers","health care providers licensed by the Department (including dentists)"],"clause":"\u0027Health care provider\u0027 means any person licensed by the Department to provide... health care services, including, but not limited to, a physician, dentist, nurse, optometrist, podiatrist... By October 1, 2021, all health care workers and providers must be vaccinated against COVID-19 [subject to medical exemption]; unvaccinated individuals must wear masks and undergo twice-weekly COVID-19 testing until that deadline.","enforcement":"R.I. Gen. Laws 23-1-25; licensing discipline","functions":["HR","WF","CH","OF"],"notes":"Text read on rules.sos.ri.gov;","sourceUrl":"https://risos-apa-production-public.s3.amazonaws.com/DOH/REG_11442_20210817161446.pdf","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20210908104255/https://rules.sos.ri.gov/regulations/part/216-20-15-8","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":389463,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-03","url":"/library/SEC-03-079","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-03-079","citation":"Rhode Island Department of Health, 216-RICR-20-15-8, Immunization, Testing, and Health Screening for Health Care Workers (emergency amendment) (Aug. 17, 2021) (Ex. SEC-03-079)","stateName":"Rhode Island","related":[]}