{"id":"SEC-02-038","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"New York","state":"NY","metro":"","industry":"02","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Commissioner of Health (Public Health and Health Planning Council emergency regulation)","authority":"Public Health Law secs. 225, 2800, 2803, 3612, 4010","instrument":"10 NYCRR 2.61, Prevention of COVID-19 transmission by covered entities (emergency regulation)","title":"Health care worker vaccination mandate","dateIssued":"2021-08-26","effective":"2021-08-26 (first dose by Sept. 27, 2021 for general hospitals and nursing homes; Oct. 7, 2021 for all other covered entities)","end":"repealed 2023","startDate":"2021-08-26","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["VAX","HC","MASK"],"addressees":["covered entities: Article 28 facilities (hospitals, nursing homes, diagnostic and treatment centers), Article 36 agencies, Article 40 hospices"],"clause":"(c) Covered entities shall continuously require personnel to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, with the first dose for current personnel received by September 27, 2021 for general hospitals and nursing homes, and by October 7, 2021 for all other covered entities absent receipt of an exemption... (g) The Department may require all personnel, whether vaccinated or unvaccinated, to wear an appropriate face covering for the setting","enforcement":"Public Health Law sec. 12; sec. 2803","functions":["HR","WF","CL (D\u0026TC-organized practices)","CB (hospital counterparties)"],"notes":"Private physician practices are reached where organized as Article 28 diagnostic and treatment centers and through hospital privileges; the regulation does not reach Article 131 private offices directly.","sourceUrl":"https://regs.health.ny.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/emergency_regulations/Prevention%20of%20COVID-19%20Transmission%20by%20Covered%20Entities.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":194565,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-02","url":"/library/SEC-02-038","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-02-038","citation":"Commissioner of Health (Public Health and Health Planning Council emergency regulation), 10 NYCRR 2.61, Prevention of COVID-19 transmission by covered entities (emergency regulation) (Aug. 26, 2021) (Ex. SEC-02-038)","stateName":"New York","related":[]}