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Ex. MET-PHL-095 Order Primary source read

Release: COVID Vaccines Mandated for Healthcare Workers and those at Philly Colleges and University

COVID Vaccines Mandated for Healthcare Workers and those at Philly Colleges and University (Aug. 13, 2021)

City of Philadelphia, Department of Public Health (James Garrow) (release) · City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Department of Public Health) (City)

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Jurisdiction
City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Department of Public Health) · Philadelphia · Pennsylvania
Level
City
Authority
Describes the Board of Health's Vaccine Mandate Regulation (Ex. MET-PHL-021)
Issued
2021-08-13 Aug. 13, 2021
Effective
2021-08-16 (regulation) (read as 2021-08-16)
End
n/a (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Aug. 16, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitation types
Health care ordersVaccination or testing
Addressees
  • healthcare workers and institutions; colleges and universities in the City
Functions reached
  • HR
  • WF
  • CB
Collection
Philadelphia MET-PHL

Operative words

[Healthcare workers in the] City of Philadelphia will be required to be vaccinated... [students, faculty and staff at colleges and] universities in the city will also be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 unless they have a [medical or religious exemption]... A: Healthcare workers with an exemption will be required to have a PCR test or an antigen test twice per week.

Enforcement

Describes the regulation

Notes

The City's own announcement of the regulation adopted Aug. 12, 2021

Retrieval note

Bracketed words paraphrase lines partly cut in the text layer; quote the regulation (Ex. MET-PHL-021) for operative language.