{"id":"MET-NYC-035","kind":"order","level":"city","jurisdiction":"New York City","state":"NY","metro":"NYC","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Commissioner of Health and Mental Hygiene Dave A. Chokshi, M.D. (exercising the power of the Board of Health)","authority":"N.Y.C. Health Code s. 3.01(d) (public health emergency declared Mar. 25, 2020); N.Y.C. Charter ss. 556, 558; Administrative Code ss. 17-104, 17-109(b)","instrument":"Order of the Commissioner of Health and Mental Hygiene to Require COVID-19 Vaccination or Testing for Staff in Public Healthcare Settings","title":"Vaccination or weekly testing plus face covering for DOHMH clinical-setting staff and all NYC Health + Hospitals staff","dateIssued":"2021-07-21","effective":"Immediately; compliance required by August 2, 2021; in effect until rescinded","end":"Superseded by the City workforce vaccination mandate of Oct. 20, 2021 (post-period; not saved)","startDate":"2021-08-02","endDate":"2021-10-20","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["VAX","HC","EMP"],"addressees":["Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (clinical settings)","NYC Health + Hospitals (all staff)","staff members including administrative, technical, operational and custodial staff at clinic sites"],"clause":"1. By August 2, 2021, the Department shall require from each staff member working in a clinical setting: a. Proof of full vaccination...; or b. For any staff member who does not provide such proof: (i) Proof of a negative COVID-19 diagnostic test (not an antibody test) at least once per week...; and (ii) Wearing a well-fitted face covering at all times while in the workplace... 2. By August 2, 2021, NYC Health + Hospitals shall require from each staff member: [the same].","enforcement":"Health Code s. 3.01(d) order; violations of Commissioner\u0027s orders are Health Code violations (s. 3.07); employment consequences administered by the agencies","functions":["HR credentialing and staffing of the City\u0027s public hospital system","IC infection control","WF workforce","IP inpatient and OC outpatient staffing"],"notes":"The City\u0027s public hospital system (11 hospitals, tens of thousands of staff) and the DOHMH clinics; the first NYC vaccination-or-testing order, five weeks before the State\u0027s health-care-worker regulation (10 NYCRR 2.61, Aug. 26, 2021).","sourceUrl":"https://www.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/covid/covid-19-vaccination-or-testing-staff-public-settings-072121.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":128660,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-NYC","url":"/library/MET-NYC-035","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-NYC-035","citation":"Commissioner of Health and Mental Hygiene Dave A. Chokshi, M.D. (exercising the power of the Board of Health), Order of the Commissioner of Health and Mental Hygiene to Require COVID-19 Vaccination or Testing for Staff in Public Healthcare Settings (July 21, 2021) (Ex. MET-NYC-035)","stateName":"New York","related":[]}