{"id":"NJ-086","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"New Jersey","state":"NJ","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Commissioner of Health, with the approval of the Governor","authority":"N.J.S.A. App. A:9-45 and -47; P.L. 2021, c. 103, sec. 3","instrument":"Notice of Rule Waiver/Modification/Suspension pursuant to P.L. 2021, c. 103 (revised temporary waiver of N.J.A.C. 8:7-1.11, -1.12, -1.13 and -1.17)","title":"Continuation and modification of the continuing-education waiver for licensed health officers and registered environmental health specialists (initial issuance October 13, 2020)","dateIssued":"2021-08-19","effective":"2021-08-19","end":"2022-01-11 (stated expiration)","startDate":"2021-08-19","endDate":"2022-01-11","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["OTHER","QUAR"],"addressees":["licensed health officers and registered environmental health specialists; local health departments"],"clause":"\u0022On June 4, 2021, Governor Murphy signed P.L. 2021, c. 103 and Executive Order No. 244, which among other things, resulted in the termination of the Public Health Emergency declared in Executive Order No. 103. Nonetheless, Section 3 of P.L. 2021, c.103 provides that any administrative orders, directives, or waivers that relied upon the existence of the Public Health Emergency may be continued or modified by agency heads until January 11, 2022, unless explicitly revoked before that date. Pursuant to that authority, and with the approval of the Governor and in consultation with the State Director of Emergency Management, the Commissioner of the Department of Health is continuing and modifying the rule waiver\u0022... public health professionals \u0022are charged with investigating COVID-19 cases, tracing contacts, coordinating necessary support for proper isolation and quarantine of individuals diagnosed with or suspected of having COVID-19, leading COVID-19 outbreak investigations, supporting COVID-19 testing sites\u0022.","enforcement":"Not applicable (waiver)","functions":["context: the State\u0027s own Q3 2021 statement of the mechanism by which its directives continued and of the continuing isolation and quarantine workload of local health departments"],"notes":"Q3 2021 context instrument: the Department applied c. 103, sec. 3 in August 2021 exactly as the statute reads, and described contact tracing, isolation and quarantine as continuing duties.","sourceUrl":"https://www.nj.gov/health/legal/covid19/8-18-2021_NJAC_8-7_waiver.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":232631,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"NJ","url":"/library/NJ-086","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/NJ-086","citation":"Commissioner of Health, with the approval of the Governor, Notice of Rule Waiver/Modification/Suspension pursuant to P.L. 2021, c. 103 (revised temporary waiver of N.J.A.C. 8:7-1.11, -1.12, -1.13 and -1.17) (Aug. 19, 2021) (Ex. NJ-086)","stateName":"New Jersey","related":[]}