{"id":"AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-069","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States (federal); Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"FED-HEALTH-OTHER","eco":"","issuer":"Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs","authority":"38 U.S.C. 7401-7405 (Title 38 personnel), 7301; VHA Directive 1193 (Aug. 13, 2021)","instrument":"VA announcement of July 26, 2021: COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for Title 38 VHA health care personnel within eight weeks","title":"VA mandates COVID-19 vaccines among its medical employees including VHA facilities staff","dateIssued":"2021-07-26","effective":"2021-07-26 (eight weeks to comply)","end":"Rescinded May 2023","startDate":"2021-07-26","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["VAX","HC","EMP"],"addressees":["Title 38 VA health care personnel (physicians, dentists, podiatrists, optometrists, registered nurses, physician assistants, expanded-function dental auxiliaries, chiropractors) who work in, visit or provide services to VHA facilities"],"clause":"Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough announced he will make COVID-19 vaccines mandatory for Title 38 VA health care personnel -- including physicians, dentists, podiatrists, optometrists, registered nurses, physician assistants, expanded-function dental auxiliaries and chiropractors -- who work in Veterans Health Administration facilities, visit VHA facilities or provide direct care to those VA serves.... Each employee will have eight weeks to be fully vaccinated.","enforcement":"Condition of federal employment; disciplinary action","functions":["WF workforce (vaccination status)","HR credentialing","IC infection control"],"notes":"The first federal health-care-worker vaccination mandate, issued inside Q3 2021; reached the private staffing agencies, locum tenens firms and academic affiliates whose personnel practiced at VA facilities.","sourceUrl":"https://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=5696","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":4782843,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER","url":"/library/AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-069","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-069","citation":"Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, VA announcement of July 26, 2021: COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for Title 38 VHA health care personnel within eight weeks (Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-069)","stateName":"","related":["AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-070"]}