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Order of the Acting Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Directing Vaccine Providers' Administration of COVID-19 Vaccines

Order Directing Vaccine Providers' Administration of COVID-19 Vaccines (80 percent of first doses within seven days; registration and appointment systems; phase compliance; reporting; allocation suspension for non-compliance)

Alison V. Beam, Acting Secretary of Health · Pennsylvania - Department of Health (State health department) (State)

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Jurisdiction
Pennsylvania - Department of Health (State health department) · Pennsylvania
Level
State
Authority
35 P.S. § 521.5; 71 P.S. §§ 532(a), 1403(a); 28 Pa. Code § 27.60 (recited)
Issued
2021-02-12 Feb. 12, 2021
Effective
12:01 a.m. Feb. 12, 2021 (registration-system requirements Feb. 19, 2021; allocation enforcement Feb. 22, 2021) (read as 2021-02-12)
End
rescinded and replaced by the Updated Order of July 26, 2021 (AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-068), effective July 28, 2021; amended Mar. 15, Mar. 25, Apr. 26 and May 7, 2021 (read as 2021-07-26)
In force
Feb. 12, 2021 to July 26, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingSupply chain
Addressees
  • all Pennsylvania vaccine providers with a CDC COVID-19 Provider Agreement (other than Philadelphia Department of Public Health providers and federal facilities): hospitals, health systems, pharmacies, FQHCs, physician practices, county health departments
Functions reached
  • CL clinical intake and scheduling (mandatory online and phone registration systems, appointment rules)
  • SC supply (allocation conditioned on 80 percent administration within seven days)
  • OF administration and reporting (PA-SIIS reporting within 24 hours)
  • CB patient base (who could be vaccinated, by phase)
  • WF workforce (employers' access to vaccination for staff governed by phase)
Collection
State health department orders to licensed settings AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS

Operative words

Section 3. A. Minimum administration requirement 1. At a minimum, Vaccine Providers shall administer 80% of the Vaccine first-doses received within seven days of receipt of those doses.... B. Vaccine Providers shall administer Vaccine in accordance with the following: 1. All requirements and recommendations in the Interim Vaccination Plan, including any subsequent versions, and 2. The current Phase of Pennsylvania's vaccine rollout... Section 5. Enforcement... The Department may reduce or temporarily suspend a Vaccine Provider's allocation of first doses for failure to comply with guidance issued under federal government and state law, including failure to comply with this Order... Section 6. Effect on Other Orders. This Order rescinds and replaces the Order... Requiring Health Systems, Hospitals, Federally Qualified Health Centers and Pharmacies to Vaccinate Certain Health Care Personnel, dated December 30, 2020.

Enforcement

Section 5 (reduction or suspension of first-dose allocations); 35 P.S. § 521.20 (penalties for violation of the Act and orders under it)

Notes

The principal Pennsylvania vaccine-provider conduct order of the allocation period; binds pharmacies, hospitals, practices and health systems and conditions their vaccine supply on compliance.

Retrieval note

The PA State file saved the Governor's parallel Feb. 12, 2021 order and the Acting Secretary's May 7, 2021 amendment; this is the Acting Secretary's own order. The posted PDF's header block recites 'dated December 15, 2020' for the reporting order it incorporates.

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