{"id":"SEC-04-030","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"New Jersey","state":"NJ","metro":"","industry":"04","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Philip D. Murphy","authority":"N.J.S.A. App. A:9-33 et seq. (Disaster Control Act); P.L. 2021, c. 103; Executive Order No. 103 (Mar. 9, 2020) as continued","instrument":"Executive Order No. 252","title":"Requiring covered workers in health care facilities and high-risk congregate settings to be fully vaccinated or undergo regular testing","dateIssued":"2021-08-06","effective":"2021-09-07","end":"Superseded by EO 283 (Jan. 19, 2022) (post-period)","startDate":"2021-09-07","endDate":"2022-01-19","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["VAX","HC","EMP"],"addressees":["health care facilities including licensed home health agencies and registered health care service firms","high-risk congregate settings including long-term care facilities and assisted living"],"clause":"1. Covered health care and high-risk congregate settings... shall maintain a policy that requires all 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... 5.... Health care facilities shall include acute, pediatric, inpatient rehabilitation, and psychiatric hospitals... long-term care facilities... adult day care programs, and licensed home health agencies and registered health care service firms operating within the State. High-risk congregate settings shall include... 11. It shall be the duty of every person or entity in this State... to cooperate fully... [penalties under N.J.S.A. App. A:9-49 and -50].","enforcement":"N.J.S.A. App. A:9-49, -50 (disorderly persons offense); Department of Health enforcement","functions":["HC aides of home health agencies and health care service firms","SN","IC","HR","WF","RS","IN"],"notes":"The regional vaccination-or-testing mandate of August 2021 that names home care agencies (health care service firms) expressly.","sourceUrl":"https://nj.gov/infobank/eo/056murphy/pdf/EO-252.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":120118,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-04","url":"/library/SEC-04-030","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-04-030","citation":"Governor Philip D. Murphy, Executive Order No. 252 (Aug. 6, 2021) (Ex. SEC-04-030)","stateName":"New Jersey","related":[]}