{"id":"ECO-B-085","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"California","state":"CA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"B","issuer":"State Public Health Officer, California Department of Public Health","authority":"Cal. Health \u0026 Safety Code 120125, 120140, 120175, 120195, 131080","instrument":"State Public Health Officer Order of August 11, 2021, Vaccine Verification for Workers in Schools","title":"Vaccine Verification for Workers in Schools: all public and private K-12 schools must verify workers\u0027 vaccination status; unvaccinated workers tested weekly","dateIssued":"2021-08-11","effective":"12:01 a.m. August 12, 2021; full compliance by October 15, 2021","end":"Rescinded effective September 17, 2022","startDate":"2021-08-12","endDate":"2022-09-17","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["VAX","SCH","EMP"],"addressees":["all public and private schools serving students in transitional kindergarten through grade 12","all workers (employees, volunteers, contractors) at those schools"],"clause":"\u0027II. All schools identified in this Order must verify vaccine status of all workers.\u0027 \u0027III. Testing requirements:... [unvaccinated workers must be tested] at least once weekly with either PCR testing or antigen testing.\u0027 \u0027VII. This Order shall take effect on August 12, 2021, at 12:01 am. Facilities must be in full compliance with the Order by October 15, 2021.\u0027 Recital: \u0027California has implemented a universal masking requirement in all K-12 schools, as well as recommendations around testing strategies for K-12 schools, to support the successful return to full in-person instruction at the outset of the school year.\u0027","enforcement":"Cal. Health \u0026 Safety Code 120275, 120295","functions":["WF school workforce","SCH","HR"],"notes":"The recital is primary proof that the universal K-12 mask requirement (July 12, 2021 CDPH guidance) was in force in California in Q3 2021.","sourceUrl":"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/Order-of-the-State-Public-Health-Officer-Vaccine-Verification-for-Workers-in-Schools.aspx","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":182528,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"ECO-B","url":"/library/ECO-B-085","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/ECO-B-085","citation":"State Public Health Officer, California Department of Public Health, State Public Health Officer Order of August 11, 2021, Vaccine Verification for Workers in Schools (Aug. 11, 2021) (Ex. ECO-B-085)","stateName":"California","related":["ECO-B-086","ECO-B-084"]}