The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Washington
- Level
- State
- Authority
- RCW 43.06.220; Proclamation 20-05 (state of emergency)
- Issued
- 2021-08-20 Aug. 20, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-08-18; vaccination deadline October 18, 2021 (read as 2021-08-18)
- End
- Amended by 21-14.2 (Oct. 2021) and later; rescinded Oct. 31, 2022 (read as 2022-10-31)
- In force
- Aug. 18, 2021 to Oct. 31, 2022
- Quarters
- 2021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Workplace rulesVaccination or testing
- Addressees
- State agencies and their workers
- operators of Educational Settings (child care and early learning, K-12 public and private schools, colleges, universities and community colleges) and their workers, contractors and volunteers
- Health Care Providers and Health Care Settings
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Education and Child Care SEC-15
Operative words
WHEREAS, child-care settings, K-12 schools, colleges, universities, and community colleges, (collectively, 'educational settings') are foundations of Washington's communities... WHEREAS, on July 12, 2021, I issued Proclamation 20-12.4 prohibiting institutions of higher education from... WHEREAS, on July 30, 2021, I issued Proclamation 20-9.4, prohibiting K-12 schools from... 1. Prohibitions. This order prohibits the following:... c. Any Worker from engaging in work for the operator of an Educational Setting after October 18, 2021 if the Worker has not been fully vaccinated against COVID-19; d. Any operator of an Educational Setting from permitting a Worker to engage in work for the operator after October 18, 2021 if the Worker has not been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and provided proof thereof as required below...
Enforcement
RCW 43.06.220(5) (gross misdemeanor)
Notes
No test-out option (disability and religious accommodations only); reached private schools, child care and private colleges by the definition of Educational Setting; issued and binding in Q3 2021 with the compliance date in Q4.