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The record
- Jurisdiction
- United States (federal); Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- 38 U.S.C. 7401-7405 (Title 38 personnel), 7301; VHA Directive 1193 (Aug. 13, 2021)
- Issued
- 2021-07-26 July 26, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-07-26 (eight weeks to comply) (read as 2021-07-26)
- End
- Rescinded May 2023 (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- July 26, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing
- Addressees
- Title 38 VA health care personnel (physicians, dentists, podiatrists, optometrists, registered nurses, physician assistants, expanded-function dental auxiliaries, chiropractors) who work in, visit or provide services to VHA facilities
- Functions reached
- WF workforce (vaccination status)
- HR credentialing
- IC infection control
- Collection
- Other federal health agencies AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER
Operative words
Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough announced he will make COVID-19 vaccines mandatory for Title 38 VA health care personnel -- including physicians, dentists, podiatrists, optometrists, registered nurses, physician assistants, expanded-function dental auxiliaries and chiropractors -- who work in Veterans Health Administration facilities, visit VHA facilities or provide direct care to those VA serves.... Each employee will have eight weeks to be fully vaccinated.
Enforcement
Condition of federal employment; disciplinary action
Notes
The first federal health-care-worker vaccination mandate, issued inside Q3 2021; reached the private staffing agencies, locum tenens firms and academic affiliates whose personnel practiced at VA facilities.
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