{"id":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-036","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"New Jersey - Department of Health (State health department)","state":"NJ","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS","eco":"","issuer":"Judith M. Persichilli, Commissioner of Health","authority":"Executive Directive 20-035 (Dec. 15, 2020) and the Plan","instrument":"Memorandum: Population Prioritization at Acute Care Hospital Points of Dispensing During Phase 1A","title":"Phase 1A prioritization at hospital PODs (eligibility limited to health care personnel; sub-prioritization by exposure risk when doses are scarce; hospitals to become \u0027Open\u0027 PODs within four weeks and to participate in the statewide scheduling system)","dateIssued":"2020-12-10","effective":"start of Phase 1A (Dec. 15, 2020)","end":"superseded as phases expanded (Jan. 14, 2021 onward)","startDate":"2020-12-15","endDate":"2021-01-14","quarters":["2020Q4","2021Q1"],"types":["VAX","HC"],"addressees":["acute care hospital points of dispensing"],"clause":"Eligibility: During New Jersey\u0027s Phase 1A, individuals eligible to receive vaccination at acute care hospital [PODs are health care personnel]... Prioritization: When there are not enough doses to serve all eligible Phase 1A persons, PODs will implement prioritization.... 2. The facility shall categorize eligible persons by their risk of acquiring infection (higher, medium, [lower])... Within four weeks of receiving vaccines, all acute care hospital-based PODS must become \u0027Open\u0027 PODs.... 1. All acute care hospitals shall participate in the statewide scheduling and consumer navigation [system].","enforcement":"N.J.S.A. 26:13-23 (through Executive Directive 20-035)","functions":["CB patient base (Phase 1A only)","CL scheduling","HR workforce (facility staff prioritized by exposure risk)"],"notes":"","sourceUrl":"https://www.nj.gov/health/legal/covid19/12-10-20_PopulationPrioritizationPOD_memo.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":1286104,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-036","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-036","citation":"Judith M. Persichilli, Commissioner of Health, Memorandum: Population Prioritization at Acute Care Hospital Points of Dispensing During Phase 1A (Dec. 10, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-036)","stateName":"New Jersey","related":["AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-021","AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-023","AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-024","AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-022"]}