{"id":"MD-058","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Maryland","state":"MD","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Dennis R. Schrader, Secretary of Health","authority":"Md. Code, Health-Gen. 18-102, 18-103, 18-109; COMAR 10.06.01.06","instrument":"MDH Amended Directive and Order Regarding Vaccination Matters, No. MDH 2021-08-18-01 (all hospital and nursing home staff: proof of first dose by Sept. 1, 2021)","title":"Amended Directive and Order Regarding Vaccination Matters","dateIssued":"2021-08-18","effective":"2021-08-18 (effective immediately); compliance date Sept. 1, 2021","end":"Superseded Sept. 8, 2021 (MD-060); own termination clause Dec. 31, 2021 or end of federal PHE","startDate":"2021-08-18","endDate":"2021-09-08","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["VAX","EMP","HC"],"addressees":["all staff of nursing homes licensed under Health-Gen. Title 19, subtitles 3 and 14 and COMAR 10.07.02","all staff of hospitals as defined in Health-Gen. 19-301","all staff of State congregate facilities (section 5.B)"],"clause":"5.E. Other Facilities Subject to Proof of Vaccine Requirement. i. All staff of the facilities listed below are required to show proof of first dose or single dose of COVID-19 vaccination by Wednesday, September 1, 2021. Staff includes, but is not limited to, regular and contractual employees, contractual staff, volunteers, and other employees performing any duties at the facility. All staff are required to complete the full shot regimen, including any booster shot, as clinically indicated in order to satisfy this requirement. a. Nursing Homes licensed under Title 19, subtitles 3 and 14 of the Health-General Article and COMAR 10.07.02; and b. Hospitals as defined in Section 19-301 of the Health-General Article. ii. Each facility covered by this paragraph shall develop its own procedures to handle failure to comply with the requirements of paragraph 5.E.i., which procedures cannot be less stringent than those outlined in paragraph 5.C above [mandatory weekly testing and PPE]. iii. Facilities shall develop a policy and procedures to allow for reasonable accommodation requests provided the staff member provides appropriate and sufficient documentation for bone fide medical or religious reasons. 6. Penalties. Persons who violate this Order and Directive may face administrative and criminal sanctions. 7. Termination. This Directive and Order shall cease to have effect and be rescinded at 11:59 P.M. on December 31, 2021 or when the federal Determination that a Public Health Emergency Exists Nationwide... is terminated, whichever [is first]","enforcement":"6. \u0027administrative and criminal sanctions\u0027; Health-Gen. 18-907; Pub. Safety 14-3A-06","functions":["HR every hospital and nursing home employee, contractor and volunteer","IC staff vaccination and testing","PL staffing agency placements","WF"],"notes":"The Maryland health-care-worker vaccination mandate in force in Q3 2021; reaches contractual staff and volunteers of every hospital and nursing home (staffing agencies, food service, environmental services, therapy contractors)","sourceUrl":"https://health.maryland.gov/phpa/Documents/2021.08.018.01%20-%20MDH%20Order%20-%20Amended%20Vaccination%20Matters%20Order.pdf","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20210818230601/https://health.maryland.gov/phpa/Documents/2021.08.018.01%20-%20MDH%20Order%20-%20Amended%20Vaccination%20Matters%20Order.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":178302,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MD","url":"/library/MD-058","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MD-058","citation":"Dennis R. Schrader, Secretary of Health, MDH Amended Directive and Order Regarding Vaccination Matters, No. MDH 2021-08-18-01 (all hospital and nursing home staff: proof of first dose by Sept. 1, 2021) (Ex. MD-058)","stateName":"Maryland","related":["MD-060","MD-057","MD-077","MD-059","MD-061","MD-094","MD-055","MD-056"]}