{"id":"NJ-058","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"New Jersey","state":"NJ","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Philip D. Murphy","authority":"N.J.S.A. App. A:9-33 et seq. (State of Emergency); P.L. 2021, c. 103, sec. 5","instrument":"New Jersey EO 252 (Aug. 6, 2021) and EO 264 (Sept. 20, 2021)","title":"Vaccination-or-testing requirement for all child care center workers effective November 1, 2021; mandatory face masks in child care centers and facilities effective September 24, 2021","dateIssued":"2021-09-20","effective":"2021-09-20 (immediately); masking policy effective Friday, Sept. 24, 2021 (para. 11); vaccination-or-testing effective Nov. 1, 2021 (para. 1)","end":"Until revoked or modified (outside the period)","startDate":"2021-09-20","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["SCH","MASK","VAX","EMP","OTHER"],"addressees":["all child care centers (N.J.S.A. 30:5B-3) and other child care facilities","covered workers including administrators, teachers, food, custodial and administrative staff, contractors and volunteers"],"clause":"Para. 1: \u0022All child care centers and other child care facilities (collectively referred to as \u0027covered settings\u0027) must maintain a policy that requires all covered workers to either provide adequate proof to the covered setting that they have been fully vaccinated or submit to COVID-19 testing at minimum one to two times weekly. This requirement shall take effect on November 1, 2021\u0022. Para. 11: \u0022Effective Friday, September 24, 2021, all covered settings must maintain a policy regarding mandatory use of face masks by staff, child enrollees, and visitors in the indoor portion of the covered setting premises\u0022 [with exceptions]. Para. 13: medical exemptions require \u0022written documentation from a medical professional\u0022.","enforcement":"Para. 17: N.J.S.A. App. A:9-49 and -50; para. 10: DOH supplemental directives authorized","functions":["EC child care operations under mandatory masking of staff and children from Sept. 24, 2021","HR child care staffing under vaccination-or-testing policies","WF workforce of every employer whose staff relied on child care (exposure and exclusion rules in masked centers)"],"notes":"The third Q3 2021 vaccination-or-testing order; the masking requirement took effect within the quarter (September 24, 2021).","sourceUrl":"https://nj.gov/infobank/eo/056murphy/pdf/EO-264.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":123367,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"NJ","url":"/library/NJ-058","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/NJ-058","citation":"Governor Philip D. Murphy, New Jersey EO 252 (Aug. 6, 2021) and EO 264 (Sept. 20, 2021) (Ex. NJ-058)","stateName":"New Jersey","related":["NJ-057","NJ-062","NJ-055","NJ-056","NJ-054"]}