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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
- 2021-09-10 Sept. 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 personal assistance services agencies (non-medical home care)
- Functions reached
- HC in-home personal assistance visits
- HR hiring and staffing (aides)
- IC infection control
- WF workforce
- Collection
- State health department orders to licensed settings AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS
Operative words
[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... 9.5.3 Staff refusals to authorize release of testing results or vaccination status to the agency;... This Emergency Order shall take effect on September 30, 2021 and shall remain in effect for 120 days.
Enforcement
Licensure sanctions; 16 Del. C. § 107
Notes
Reaches non-medical home care agencies, the home-care industry's largest employer class.
Retrieval noteThe DE State file saved the earlier 3345 §§ 9.4-9.5 order (2021); this is the Sept. 2021 vaccination-or-testing amendment.