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Ex. DUT-FED-027 Standing duty Primary source read

Fourth Amendment to the Declaration Under the PREP Act for Medical Countermeasures Against COVID-19 and Republication of the Declaration, 85 Fed. Reg. 79190

Fourth Amendment to the Declaration Under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act for Medical Countermeasures Against COVID-19 and Republication of the Declaration

Secretary of Health and Human Services (Alex M. Azar II) · United States (Federal)

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The record

Jurisdiction
United States
Level
Federal
Authority
42 U.S.C. 247d-6d(b)
Issued
2020-12-03 Dec. 3, 2020
Effective
2020-12-03 (effective through Oct. 1, 2024 as then stated) (read as 2020-12-03)
End
amended further in 2021 (Fifth through Tenth Amendments) (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Dec. 3, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Vaccination or testingOther
Addressees
  • covered persons under the Declaration
Character
liability shield condition
Collection
Standing duties: Federal layer DUT-FED

Operative words

(g) Makes explicit in Section IX that there can be situations where not administering a covered countermeasure to a particular individual can fall within the PREP Act and this Declaration's liability protections.... liability protections for all Covered Countermeasures... used in accordance with the public health and medical response of the Authority Having Jurisdiction...

Penalty

loss of immunity outside the Declaration's conditions

What it required

Republished the whole Declaration with the program-planner definition and the Section VII condition (activities authorized in accordance with the public-health and medical response of the Authority Having Jurisdiction), and extended coverage to purposeful allocation decisions made under the public-health authorities' guidance; the shield followed compliance with that guidance. Character as recorded: liability_shield_condition (declaration amendment).