The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- New Jersey
- Level
- State
- Authority
- N.J.S.A. App. A:9-33 et seq.; N.J.S.A. 26:13-1 et seq.; P.L. 2021, c. 103 (vaccination management and testing authority)
- Issued
- 2021-08-06 Aug. 6, 2021
- Effective
- September 7, 2021 (read as 2021-09-07)
- In force
- Sept. 7, 2021 to Jan. 19, 2022
- Quarters
- 2021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing
- Addressees
- covered settings: acute, pediatric, inpatient rehabilitation and psychiatric hospitals; long-term care facilities; ambulatory care; home health agencies; correctional facilities; other congregate settings
- covered workers: employees, contractors, volunteers
- Functions reached
- WF health care and congregate-care workforce
- HR
- IC
- Collection
- Workforce, schools and child care ECO-B
Operative words
'1.... covered workers... [must] provide adequate proof to the covered setting that they have been fully vaccinated or submit to COVID-19 testing at minimum one to two times weekly. This requirement shall take effect on September 7, 2021, at which time covered workers who have not provided adequate proof that they are fully vaccinated must submit to weekly or twice weekly testing on an ongoing basis until fully vaccinated.'
Enforcement
N.J.S.A. App. A:9-49, -50