{"id":"SEC-04-066","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Maine (rule); United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (opinion)","state":"ME","metro":"","industry":"04","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services (emergency rule); First Circuit (description)","authority":"22 M.R.S. 802(3), 802(4-B) (immunization requirements for employees of licensed health care facilities)","instrument":"10-144 C.M.R. ch. 264 (emergency rule of Aug. 12, 2021), as described in Does 1-6 v. Mills, No. 21-1826 (1st Cir. Oct. 19, 2021)","title":"Immunization Requirements for Healthcare Workers (COVID-19 emergency rule)","dateIssued":"2021-08-12","effective":"Vaccination by Oct. 1, 2021; enforcement from Oct. 29, 2021","end":"Post-period (permanent rule 2021-2023)","startDate":"2021-10-01","endDate":"","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["VAX","HC","EMP"],"addressees":["employees of licensed hospitals, nursing facilities, home health agencies, multi-level health care facilities, dental practices and EMS organizations"],"clause":"The emergency rule defines a healthcare facility as \u0027a [licensed nursing facility, residential care facility, intermediate care facility, multi-level healthcare facility, hospital, or home health agency]\u0027... In adopting its emergency rule, Maine CDC considered the [rise of the Delta variant and the risk to vulnerable patients]... Along with adopting the emergency rule, [the State delayed enforcement to] October 29.","enforcement":"Licensure of facilities; 22 M.R.S. 802","functions":["HC home health agency employees","SN","RS","IC","HR","WF"],"notes":"The First Circuit\u0027s description supports verified_secondary.","sourceUrl":"http://media.ca1.uscourts.gov/pdf.opinions/21-1826P-01A.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":178256,"grade":"secondary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-04","url":"/library/SEC-04-066","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-04-066","citation":"Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services (emergency rule); First Circuit (description), 10-144 C.M.R. ch. 264 (emergency rule of Aug. 12, 2021), as described in Does 1-6 v. Mills, No. 21-1826 (1st Cir. Oct. 19, 2021) (Ex. SEC-04-066)","stateName":"Maine","related":[]}