New Mexico PHO of Aug. 17, 2021 (school workers; hospital and congregate-care workers)

The record

Jurisdiction

New Mexico

Level

State

Authority

Public Health Act, NMSA 1978, Section 24-1-2(A), 24-1-3; Public Health Emergency Response Act; All Hazard Emergency Management Act; EO 2020-004 as renewed

Issued

2021-08-17 Aug. 17, 2021

Effective

2021-08-17 (school-worker requirements from Aug. 23; first dose within 10 days, second within 40 days) (read as 2021-08-17)

End

Duration of the public health emergency; amended Sept. 15, 2021 (NM-071) (read as 2021-09-15)

In force

Aug. 17, 2021 to Sept. 15, 2021

Quarters

2021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Face-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing

Addressees

• hospital workers (including contractors, students, clerical, dietary, environmental services, laundry, security and volunteers)
• congregate care facility workers (nursing homes, assisted living, adult day care, hospice, rehabilitation, State correctional and juvenile facilities, residential treatment centers, Veterans' Home, community homes)
• all school workers in private, public and charter schools
• employees of the Office of the Governor
• State Fair entrants Sept. 9-19, 2021

Functions reached

• HR credentialing and hiring in hospitals, nursing homes, home-care agencies operating in congregate facilities, schools
• WF (school and health-care workforce)
• IC infection control
• IN school staffing
• EV State Fair vendors, exhibitors and concessions
• CB

Collection

New Mexico NM

Operative words

(1) Beginning Monday August 23, 2021, all school workers in any private school, public school, or charter school who are not fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or are unwilling to provide proof of vaccination to their respective supervisors shall: a. Provide adequate proof that the school worker has tested negative for COVID-19 on a weekly basis; and b. Wear a mask or multilayer cloth face covering at all times indoors... (3) All hospital workers, congregate care facility workers, and employees of the Office of the Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 unless they qualify for an exemption. If an individual does not qualify for an exemption, the individual shall: a. Receive the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine within 10 days of the effective date of this Order and their second dose within 40 days of their first dose... (5)... the unvaccinated exempt worker shall: a. Provide adequate proof that the individual has tested negative for COVID-19 on a weekly basis; and b. Wear a mask... at all times indoors at the hospital or congregate care facility... (6) The operator of a hospital, operator of a congregate care facility, and the Office of Governor... shall maintain records of all workers' vaccination or exemption status... (8) All persons who are eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine and enter the grounds of the New Mexico State Fair from September 9-19, 2021 must provide adequate proof of being fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to a State Fair official unless the individual qualifies for an exemption.... This Order shall take effect on August 17, 2021 and remain in effect for the duration of the public health emergency first declared in Executive Order 2020-004 and any subsequent renewals

Enforcement

Notes