{"id":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-119","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Massachusetts - Department of Public Health (State health department)","state":"MA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS","eco":"","issuer":"Margret R. Cooke, Acting Commissioner of Public Health","authority":"G.L. c. 17, § 2A (recited)","instrument":"Order of the Commissioner of Public Health, COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-7","title":"Facilities may access the Massachusetts Immunization Information System to verify the COVID-19 vaccination status of their employees; access solely for verification; list of designated MIIS Authorized Users to be maintained","dateIssued":"2021-09-02","effective":"2021-09-02","end":"duration of the modified public health emergency","startDate":"2021-09-02","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["VAX","HC","EMP"],"addressees":["health care facilities and other facilities subject to vaccination requirements (Order 2021-4; EO 595)"],"clause":"I issue the following Order: [facilities may access the] MIIS to verify the COVID-19 vaccination status of their employees. Any access or redisclosure of information obtained from the MIIS pursuant to this Order must be solely for the purpose of verifying COVID-19 vaccination status. A facility acting pursuant to this Order must maintain a list of those MIIS Authorized Users it designates.","enforcement":"G.L. c. 17, § 2A; G.L. c. 111, § 24M (confidentiality of MIIS data)","functions":["HR workforce (employer verification of employee vaccination status)","OF records and confidentiality","IC infection control"],"notes":"The verification instrument for the Massachusetts nursing-home personnel mandate (MA-067) and State-employee mandate (EO 595).","sourceUrl":"https://www.mass.gov/doc/order-of-the-commissioner-of-public-health-covid-19-public-health-emergency-order-no-2021-7/download","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210919/https://www.mass.gov/doc/order-of-the-commissioner-of-public-health-covid-19-public-health-emergency-order-no-2021-7/download","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":116724,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-119","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-119","citation":"Margret R. Cooke, Acting Commissioner of Public Health, Order of the Commissioner of Public Health, COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-7 (Sept. 2, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-119)","stateName":"Massachusetts","related":["MA-067","AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-118","AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-120","AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-122"]}