{"id":"ME-062","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (Maine)","state":"ME","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Lynch, Circuit Judge, for the court (Howard, C.J., Lynch and Barron, JJ.)","authority":"28 U.S.C. § 1292(a)(1)","instrument":"Does 1-6 v. Mills, No. 21-1826, 16 F.4th 20 (1st Cir. Oct. 19, 2021)","title":"Opinion affirming denial of preliminary injunction against Maine\u0027s COVID-19 vaccination requirement for health-care workers","dateIssued":"2021-10-19","effective":"2021-10-19","end":"n/a","startDate":"2021-10-19","endDate":"","quarters":[],"types":["VAX","HC"],"addressees":["health-care workers","hospitals","State officials"],"clause":"Faced with COVID-19\u0027s virulent delta variant and vaccination rates among healthcare workers too low to prevent community transmission, Maine\u0027s Center for Disease Control (\u0027Maine CDC\u0027) promulgated a regulation effective August 12, 2021, requiring all workers in licensed healthcare facilities to be vaccinated against the virus. Under state law, a healthcare worker may claim an exemption from the requirement only if a medical practitioner certifies that vaccination \u0027may be medically inadvisable.\u0027 Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 22, § 802(4-B) (West 2021).","enforcement":"Judicial confirmation of the rule\u0027s operation","functions":["HR","WF","IC"],"notes":"Post-period decision confirming that the rule was in force from August 12, 2021 (within Q3 2021); the Supreme Court denied injunctive relief Oct. 29, 2021 (secondary).","sourceUrl":"http://media.ca1.uscourts.gov/pdf.opinions/21-1826P-01A.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":178256,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"ME","url":"/library/ME-062","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/ME-062","citation":"Lynch, Circuit Judge, for the court (Howard, C.J., Lynch and Barron, JJ.), Does 1-6 v. Mills, No. 21-1826, 16 F.4th 20 (1st Cir. Oct. 19, 2021) (Ex. ME-062)","stateName":"Maine","related":["ME-061"]}