The COVID Project
The record
- 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
- 2021-07-26 July 26, 2021
- Effective
- 12:01 a.m. July 28, 2021 (read as 2021-07-28)
- End
- 'until further notice' (in force through Sept. 30, 2021 and supplemented Aug. 13 and Sept. 21, 2021) (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- July 28, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingSupply chain
- Addressees
- all Pennsylvania vaccine providers with a valid CDC COVID-19 Provider Agreement (other than providers solely under the Philadelphia Department of Public Health and federal facilities)
- Functions reached
- CL scheduling (second-dose appointments)
- OF reporting (PA-SIIS within 24 hours)
- SC vaccine supply (allocation conditioned on compliance)
- CB patient base
- Collection
- State health department orders to licensed settings AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS
Operative words
Accordingly, on this day, July 26, 2021, in order to prevent and control the spread of disease, I hereby order:... 'Vaccine Providers' means all Pennsylvania vaccine providers who have a valid CDC COVID-19 Provider Agreement... A. Vaccine Providers giving a two-dose Vaccine shall provide to a first dose [recipient a second-dose appointment]... B. Vaccine Providers providing a two-dose Vaccine shall make every appropriate [effort to administer the second dose]... Vaccine Providers receiving Vaccine shall report to the Department the following:... 2. Within 24 hours of receipt of inventory or administration of a Vaccine, Vaccine Providers shall access the PA SIIS web application to record receipt of shipments of COVID-19 immunization inventory and [administration]... Enforcement... The Department may reduce or temporarily suspend a Vaccine Provider's allocation of Vaccine doses for the Vaccine Provider's failure to comply with guidelines issued under federal government and state law, including failure to comply with this Order... Effect on Other Orders. The Order... dated February 12, 2021, and the Order... dated December 30, 2020, are both rescinded and replaced by this Order. Effective Date and Duration. This Order shall take effect at 12:01 a.m. on July 28, 2021 and shall remain in effect until further notice.
Enforcement
Enforcement section (allocation reduction or suspension); 35 P.S. § 521.20
Notes
The Pennsylvania vaccine-provider order in force for the whole of Q3 2021 from July 28; the Aug. 13 and Sept. 21, 2021 orders (007, 008) are supplements to it.