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- Jurisdiction
- Delaware - Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Health Care Quality · Delaware
- Level
- State
- Authority
- 16 Del. C. and 29 Del. C. § 10119 (recited)
- Issued
- 2021-08-10 Aug. 10, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-09-30
- End
- 120 days from Sept. 30, 2021, renewable once for 60 days (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Sept. 30, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing
- Addressees
- licensed aide-only home health agencies
- Functions reached
- HC in-home visits (aide testing or vaccination as a condition of deployment)
- HR hiring and staffing
- IC infection control
- WF workforce
- Collection
- State health department orders to licensed settings AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS
Operative words
[home health agency staff must either provide evidence of COVID-19] vaccination, or undergo regular testing to prevent the transmission of COVID-19. While the state's requirements will offer employees the choice between getting vaccinated or getting tested, employers should encourage vaccination and federal guidance permits employers to require vaccinations. This emergency order adds language to the July amendment of Section [11.0]... This Emergency Order shall take effect on September 30, 2021 and shall remain in effect for 120 days.
Enforcement
Home health agency licensure sanctions (16 Del. C. ch. 1, subch. II); 16 Del. C. § 107
Notes
Signed Aug. 10, 2021, effective Sept. 30, 2021; the earliest-signed of the Delaware September 2021 series.