The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- California
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Health and Safety Code secs. 120125, 120140, 120175, 120195; Gov. Code 8665
- Issued
- 2021-08-05 Aug. 5, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-08-05 (workers fully vaccinated by Sept. 30, 2021) (read as 2021-08-05)
- End
- rescinded effective Apr. 3, 2023 (read as 2023-04-03)
- In force
- Aug. 5, 2021 to Apr. 3, 2023
- Quarters
- 2021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing
- Addressees
- health care facilities including 'ix. Clinics & Doctor Offices (including behavioral health, surgical)'
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Physician Practices and Outpatient Care SEC-02
Operative words
NOW, THEREFORE, I, as State Public Health Officer of the State of California, order:... All workers who provide services or work in the facilities described [including] ix. Clinics & Doctor Offices (including behavioral health, surgical)... must have their first dose of a one-dose regimen or their second dose of a two-dose regimen by September 30, 2021... 'Worker' refers to all paid and unpaid individuals who work in indoor settings where (1) care is provided to patients, or (2) patients have access for any purpose... including... clerical, dietary, environmental services, laundry, security, engineering and facilities management, administrative, billing, and volunteer personnel
Enforcement
Health and Safety Code sec. 120275 et seq. (misdemeanor)
Notes
Names doctor offices and behavioral health offices in terms; reaches billing and front-desk staff.
Retrieval noteCDPH page carries the Aug. 5, 2021 original text beneath its later amendments and the Mar. 3, 2023 rescission notice.