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Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-019 Order Primary source read

Executive Directive No. 20-035

New Jersey Vaccine Education and Prioritization Plan Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 26:13-23 (the Plan attached and made binding on physicians, nurses, health care facilities and vaccine providers; $500 civil penalty per violation)

Judith M. Persichilli, R.N., B.S.N., M.A., Commissioner of Health · New Jersey - Department of Health (State health department) (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
New Jersey - Department of Health (State health department) · New Jersey
Level
State
Authority
N.J.S.A. 26:13-23; 26:13-12; Executive Orders 103, 119, 138, 151, 162, 171, 180, 186, 191 and 200 (recited)
Issued
2020-12-15 Dec. 15, 2020
Effective
immediately (read as 2020-12-15)
End
'for the duration of the public health emergency originally declared in Executive Order No. 103 (2020), and as extended by Executive Order' (the Public Health Emergency ended June 4, 2021 under EO 244) (read as 2021-06-04)
In force
Dec. 15, 2020 to June 4, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingSupply chain
Addressees
  • physicians, nurses, health care providers and facilities administering COVID-19 vaccine
  • points of dispensing
Functions reached
  • CB patient base (priority groups; who could be vaccinated and when)
  • SC vaccine allocation and reallocation
  • CL clinical operations at PODs
  • WF workforce (employers' access to vaccination governed by phase)
Collection
State health department orders to licensed settings AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS

Operative words

WHEREAS... 'any person who violates the New Jersey Vaccine Education and Prioritization Plan or any procedures contained therein shall be liable for a civil penalty of $500 for each violation';... NOW THEREFORE, I... pursuant to the powers afforded to me under the Emergency Health Powers Act, hereby ORDER the following: 1. Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 26:13-23, I find that COVID-19 constitutes an emergent [threat]... 2. Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 26:13-23, the Department of Health is implementing a New Jersey Vaccine Education and Prioritization Plan, which is attached hereto... This Directive shall take effect immediately.

Enforcement

N.J.S.A. 26:13-23 (civil penalty of $500 for each violation, recited); N.J.S.A. 26:13-19

Notes

The instrument that gave New Jersey's phase structure the force of law; the Department's phase memoranda (021, 022, 023, 036, 037) implement it.