The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Delaware
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Public Health Emergency of July 12, 2021 (20 Del. C. ch. 31, subch. V); 16 Del. C. § 1119C (DHCQ emergency regulations); State personnel authority
- Issued
- 2021-08-12 Aug. 12, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-09-30 (requirements) (read as 2021-09-30)
- End
- 2022 (facility orders 120 days from Sept. 30, 2021, renewable) (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Sept. 30, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing
- Addressees
- staff of DHCQ-regulated facilities
- State of Delaware employees
- private employers (urged)
- Functions reached
- HR/WF health-facility and State workforces from Sept. 30, 2021
- CB private employers urged to follow
- Collection
- Delaware DE
Operative words
'Governor Carney and the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) on Thursday announced that beginning on September 30, staff in long-term care and other health care facilities will be required to provide proof of vaccination or to undergo regular testing to prevent the transmission of COVID-19 to vulnerable populations.... The requirement also will be formalized by the end of this month and will cover the following entities regulated by the DHSS Division of Health Care Quality (DHCQ):... Acute and Outpatient Providers: Adult day cares; Free-standing birthing centers; Free-standing emergency departments; Free-standing surgical centers; Home health agencies: aide only (non-skilled); Skilled home health agencies; Hospitals (including psychiatric hospitals); Prescribed pediatric extended care centers; Hospice; Personal assistance service agencies; Office-based surgery.... Additionally, Governor Carney announced Thursday that beginning on September 30, 2021, State of Delaware employees will also be required to provide proof of vaccination or undergo regular testing for COVID-19.... Governor Carney and the Division of Public Health also encouraged private employers to impose similar requirements to encourage vaccinations.'
Enforcement
Through the DHSS emergency orders (DE-046, DE-047, DE-055 and parallels) and State personnel policy (DE-NR-4)
Notes
The Governor's own statement of the Q3 2021 vaccination-or-testing regime; the facility orders are DE-046, DE-047, DE-055.
Retrieval noteThe Governor's official release rendered to PDF (news.delaware.gov); matches bundled DE-11. The State-employee policy text itself is record DE-NR-4.