{"id":"MET-NYC-043","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.","authority":"N.Y.C. Health Code s. 3.01(d); 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 Requiring COVID-19 Vaccination for Individuals Working in Certain Child Care Programs","title":"Every DOE-contracted Birth-to-5, Head Start, 3-K, pre-K, early-education, preschool special education (Education Law s. 4410), family child care network and DYCD-contracted after-school, Beacon and Cornerstone program must exclude unvaccinated staff from September 27, 2021","dateIssued":"2021-09-12","effective":"Immediately; exclusion of unvaccinated staff no later than September 27, 2021; in effect until rescinded","end":"Continued post-period (a broader child-care order followed Dec. 2021, not saved)","startDate":"2021-09-27","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["VAX","SCH","EMP"],"addressees":["covered child care programs (DOE- and DYCD-contracted early childhood, Head Start, 3-K/pre-K, preschool special education, family child care networks, after-school, Beacon and Cornerstone programs)","every staff person, including employees of contractors and independent contractors, working in person on the premises"],"clause":"1. No later than September 27, 2021, every covered child care program must exclude from the premises any staff person who has not provided proof of vaccination against COVID-19, as defined in this Order. 2. All staff persons newly hired on or after the effective date of this order by a covered child care program must provide proof of vaccination against COVID-19 to their employer on or before their start date. 3. Each covered child care program must securely maintain records of staff persons\u0027 proof of vaccination...","enforcement":"Health Code s. 3.01(d); records available to the Department immediately on request","functions":["EC child care and early education staffing","HR hiring (proof on or before start date)","WF workforce","OP recordkeeping"],"notes":"Reaches hundreds of private not-for-profit and family child-care providers as DOE and DYCD contractors.","sourceUrl":"https://www.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/covid/covid-19-vaccination-requirement-child-care.pdf","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20220303053545/https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/covid/covid-19-vaccination-requirement-child-care.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":98112,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-NYC","url":"/library/MET-NYC-043","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-NYC-043","citation":"Commissioner of Health and Mental Hygiene Dave A. Chokshi, M.D, Order of the Commissioner of Health and Mental Hygiene Requiring COVID-19 Vaccination for Individuals Working in Certain Child Care Programs (Sept. 12, 2021) (Ex. MET-NYC-043)","stateName":"New York","related":["MET-NYC-037","MET-NYC-040","MET-NYC-041","MET-NYC-042","MET-NYC-036"]}