State Public Health Officer Order of July 26, 2021 (Health Care Worker Protections in High-Risk Settings; Unvaccinated Workers in High-Risk Settings)

The record

Jurisdiction

California

Level

State

Authority

Health and Safety Code secs. 120125, 120140, 120175, 120195, 131080

Issued

2021-07-26 July 26, 2021

Effective

2021-08-09 12:01 a.m. (full compliance 2021-08-23) (read as 2021-08-09)

End

2022-09-17 (rescinded) (read as 2022-09-17)

In force

Aug. 9, 2021 to Sept. 17, 2022

Quarters

2021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Face-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing

Addressees

• acute health care and long-term care settings (general acute care hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities)
• high-risk congregate settings (adult and senior care facilities, homeless shelters, State and local correctional facilities and detention centers)
• other health care settings (acute psychiatric hospitals, adult day health care centers, PACE centers, ambulatory surgery centers, chemical dependency recovery hospitals, clinics and doctor offices, congregate living health facilities, dental offices, dialysis centers, hospice facilities, pediatric day health and respite care facilities, residential substance use and mental health treatment facilities)

Functions reached

• HR
• WF
• IC
• FD front desk
• CH chairside (dental offices named)
• CL clinics

Collection

California CA

Operative words

'All facilities identified in this Order must verify vaccine status' of all workers; unvaccinated or incompletely vaccinated workers must be tested 'at least twice weekly' in acute health care and long-term care settings and 'at least once weekly' in high-risk congregate and other health care settings; facilities must provide respirators to unvaccinated workers in patient-care areas and surgical masks in other settings; 'This Order takes effect on August 9, 2021' with full compliance by August 23, 2021.

Enforcement

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