{"id":"SEC-01-044","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"New Jersey","state":"NJ","metro":"","industry":"01","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Philip D. Murphy","authority":"N.J.S.A. App. A:9-33 et seq.; P.L. 2021, c. 103","instrument":"Executive Order No. 252 (2021)","title":"COVID-19 vaccination or testing requirement for covered workers in health care facilities and high-risk congregate settings","dateIssued":"2021-08-06","effective":"2021-09-07","end":"Superseded by EO 283 (Jan. 19, 2022) requiring vaccination without a test option","startDate":"2021-09-07","endDate":"2022-01-19","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["VAX","EMP","HC"],"addressees":["covered settings including acute care hospitals, long-term care and other health care facilities; covered workers"],"clause":"(\u0027covered settings\u0027) must maintain a policy that requires covered workers to either provide adequate proof 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 September 7, 2021... 3. To satisfy the testing requirement, a covered worker must undergo screening testing at minimum one to two times each week.","enforcement":"N.J.S.A. App. A:9-49, -50; DOH licensure","functions":["HR","WF","IC","OF"],"notes":"In force Sept. 7-30, 2021; every New Jersey hospital ran a vaccination-status and testing program under it.","sourceUrl":"https://nj.gov/infobank/eo/056murphy/pdf/EO-252.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":120118,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-01","url":"/library/SEC-01-044","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-01-044","citation":"Governor Philip D. Murphy, Executive Order No. 252 (2021) (Aug. 6, 2021) (Ex. SEC-01-044)","stateName":"New Jersey","related":[]}