{"id":"SEC-24-005","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"California (all Adult and Senior Care licensees: adult residential facilities incl. those serving people with developmental disabilities, RCFEs, adult day programs, social rehabilitation facilities)","state":"CA","metro":"","industry":"24","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division","authority":"State Public Health Officer Order of September 28, 2021 (Adult Care Facilities and Direct Care Worker Vaccine Requirement) (Ex. SEC-04-037), issued under Health \u0026 Safety Code ss. 120125, 120140, 131080, 120130(c), 120135, 120145, 120175, 120195","instrument":"PIN 21-44-ASC, Adult and Senior Care Facility Worker COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement","title":"Adult and Senior Care Facility Worker Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Vaccination Requirement","dateIssued":"2021-09-28","effective":"2021-09-28; \u0027all workers... [must have] the second dose of a two-dose regimen by November 30, 2021\u0027","end":"Amended by PIN 21-53-ASC (booster requirement, Dec. 2021, post-period)","startDate":"2021-09-28","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["VAX","EMP","HC"],"addressees":["All Adult and Senior Care licensees and their workers"],"clause":"PIN 21-44-ASC notifies all Adult and Senior Care (ASC) licensees of the COVID-19 [vaccination requirement in the State Public] Health Officer Order of September 28, 2021.... Pursuant to the State Public Health Officer Order of September 28, 2021, all workers [in adult and senior care facilities must have their first dose of a one-dose regimen or their] second dose of a two-dose regimen by November 30, 2021.... Workers may be exempt from the vaccination requirements only upon providing [a declination form based on religious beliefs or qualifying medical reasons]... the unvaccinated exempt worker must meet the following requirements... Testing must occur once weekly for such workers.","enforcement":"Licensing; the SPHO order\u0027s health-code penalties","functions":["DD adult residential facilities and group homes (worker vaccination)","AD adult day programs (cross-referenced to PIN 21-33-ASC)","HR (hiring and retention conditioned on vaccination or exemption)","WF","PY licensing conditions"],"notes":"Issued on the third-to-last day of the quarter: the licensing agency\u0027s transmission of the State Public Health Officer\u0027s September 28, 2021 vaccine mandate for adult care facility workers, with weekly testing for exempt workers. It cross-references the adult day program testing rules of PIN 21-33-ASC (Ex. SEC-24-004).","sourceUrl":"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/Portals/9/CCLD/PINs/2021/ASC/PIN%2021-44-ASC.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":369825,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-24","url":"/library/SEC-24-005","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-24-005","citation":"California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division, PIN 21-44-ASC, Adult and Senior Care Facility Worker COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement (Sept. 28, 2021) (Ex. SEC-24-005)","stateName":"California","related":["SEC-24-004","SEC-04-037","SEC-04-GM-014","SEC-04-GM-015"]}