MDH Amended Directive and Order Regarding Vaccination Matters, No. MDH 2021-08-18-01 (all hospital and nursing home staff: proof of first dose by Sept. 1, 2021)

The record

Jurisdiction

Maryland

Level

Sector regulator

Authority

Md. Code, Health-Gen. 18-102, 18-103, 18-109; COMAR 10.06.01.06

Issued

2021-08-18 Aug. 18, 2021

Effective

2021-08-18 (effective immediately); compliance date Sept. 1, 2021 (read as 2021-08-18)

End

Superseded Sept. 8, 2021 (MD-060); own termination clause Dec. 31, 2021 or end of federal PHE (read as 2021-09-08)

In force

Aug. 18, 2021 to Sept. 8, 2021

Quarters

2021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing

Addressees

• all staff of nursing homes licensed under Health-Gen. Title 19, subtitles 3 and 14 and COMAR 10.07.02
• all staff of hospitals as defined in Health-Gen. 19-301
• all staff of State congregate facilities (section 5.B)

Functions reached

• HR every hospital and nursing home employee, contractor and volunteer
• IC staff vaccination and testing
• PL staffing agency placements
• WF

Collection

Maryland MD

Operative words

5.E. Other Facilities Subject to Proof of Vaccine Requirement. i. All staff of the facilities listed below are required to show proof of first dose or single dose of COVID-19 vaccination by Wednesday, September 1, 2021. Staff includes, but is not limited to, regular and contractual employees, contractual staff, volunteers, and other employees performing any duties at the facility. All staff are required to complete the full shot regimen, including any booster shot, as clinically indicated in order to satisfy this requirement. a. Nursing Homes licensed under Title 19, subtitles 3 and 14 of the Health-General Article and COMAR 10.07.02; and b. Hospitals as defined in Section 19-301 of the Health-General Article. ii. Each facility covered by this paragraph shall develop its own procedures to handle failure to comply with the requirements of paragraph 5.E.i., which procedures cannot be less stringent than those outlined in paragraph 5.C above [mandatory weekly testing and PPE]. iii. Facilities shall develop a policy and procedures to allow for reasonable accommodation requests provided the staff member provides appropriate and sufficient documentation for bone fide medical or religious reasons. 6. Penalties. Persons who violate this Order and Directive may face administrative and criminal sanctions. 7. Termination. This Directive and Order shall cease to have effect and be rescinded at 11:59 P.M. on December 31, 2021 or when the federal Determination that a Public Health Emergency Exists Nationwide... is terminated, whichever [is first]

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