{"id":"SEC-04-036","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"California","state":"CA","metro":"","industry":"04","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"State Public Health Officer and Director, California Department of Public Health","authority":"Cal. Health \u0026 Safety Code 120125, 120140, 120175, 120195, 131080","instrument":"State Public Health Officer Order of July 26, 2021","title":"Health Care Worker Protections in High-Risk Settings","dateIssued":"2021-07-26","effective":"2021-08-09 12:01 a.m. (full compliance Aug. 23, 2021)","end":"Superseded by the Sept. 13, 2022 order (post-period)","startDate":"2021-08-09","endDate":"2022-09-13","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["VAX","MASK","HC","EMP"],"addressees":["acute health care and long-term care settings, high-risk congregate settings and other health care settings, including skilled nursing facilities, adult and senior care facilities and hospice facilities"],"clause":"Hospitals, skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), and the other health care facility types identified in this order are [required to verify vaccine status of all workers; unvaccinated or incompletely vaccinated workers must be tested at least weekly, and twice weekly in acute health care and long-term care settings, and must wear a surgical mask or higher-level respirator]... 2. Skilled Nursing Facilities (including Subacute Facilities)... 4. Adult and Senior Care Facilities... 17. Hospice Facilities... Where Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations does not require the use of respirators, facilities shall [provide respirators to unvaccinated workers]... VIII. This Order shall take effect on August 9, 2021, at 12:01 am. Facilities must be in full compliance with the Order by August 23, 2021.","enforcement":"Health \u0026 Safety Code 120275 et seq.; CDPH and CDSS licensing","functions":["IC verification and testing of every worker","HR","WF","RS","IN"],"notes":"First of the three California Delta-wave health care worker orders; covers assisted living (\u0027Adult and Senior Care Facilities\u0027).","sourceUrl":"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/Order-of-the-State-Public-Health-Officer-Unvaccinated-Workers-In-High-Risk-Settings.aspx","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210801172416/https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/Order-of-the-State-Public-Health-Officer-Unvaccinated-Workers-In-High-Risk-Settings.aspx","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":422046,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-04","url":"/library/SEC-04-036","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-04-036","citation":"State Public Health Officer and Director, California Department of Public Health, State Public Health Officer Order of July 26, 2021 (Ex. SEC-04-036)","stateName":"California","related":["SEC-04-037"]}