{"id":"MET-CMH-047","kind":"order","level":"city","jurisdiction":"City of Columbus, Ohio (Columbus Public Health workforce)","state":"OH","metro":"CMH","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Columbus Public Health (Health Commissioner Mysheika W. Roberts)","authority":"Employer authority of the City of Columbus Board of Health over its employees; Columbus City Health Code","instrument":"Columbus Public Health employee COVID-19 vaccination requirement (announced Sept. 7, 2021; compliance by Nov. 1, 2021)","title":"Columbus Public Health to Require COVID-19 Vaccination for All Employees","dateIssued":"2021-09-07","effective":"2021-09-07 (announced); vaccination or exemption required by Nov. 1, 2021","end":"Standing employment condition","startDate":"2021-09-07","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["VAX","EMP"],"addressees":["all Columbus Public Health employees, many of them frontline health care workers"],"clause":"Columbus Public Health will require all of its employees to be vaccinated by November 1, 2021 with any of the three available COVID-19 vaccines, provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination, or provide an exemption due to medical reasons or sincerely held religious beliefs.","enforcement":"Condition of employment","functions":["HR/WF (public-health workforce)","IC infection control"],"notes":"The release records that \u0027all four central Ohio hospital systems\u0027 had imposed the same requirement (OhioHealth, Mount Carmel, Nationwide Children\u0027s, OSU Wexner). Franklin County\u0027s Board of Commissioners (proof by Oct. 18, 2021 or twice-weekly testing; 1,400 employees) and the Franklin County Recorder (testing from Sept. 7, 2021) imposed parallel rules (WCMH-TV, Sept. 14, 2021).","sourceUrl":"https://www.columbus.gov/publichealth/press/Columbus-Public-Health-to-Require-COVID-19-Vaccination-for-All-Employees/","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210930035948/https://www.columbus.gov/publichealth/press/Columbus-Public-Health-to-Require-COVID-19-Vaccination-for-All-Employees/","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":251988,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-CMH","url":"/library/MET-CMH-047","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-CMH-047","citation":"Columbus Public Health (Health Commissioner Mysheika W. Roberts), Columbus Public Health employee COVID-19 vaccination requirement (announced Sept. 7, 2021; compliance by Nov. 1, 2021) (Ex. MET-CMH-047)","stateName":"Ohio","related":[]}