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Emergency rule, 6 CCR 1011-1, Chapter 2, Part 12

COVID-19 Immunization of Employees, Direct Contractors, and Support Staff [of licensed health care facilities]

Colorado State Board of Health (rule enforced by CDPHE Health Facilities and Emergency Medical Services Division) · Colorado (Sector regulator)

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Jurisdiction
Colorado
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
C.R.S. §§ 25-1.5-102, 25-1.5-103, 25-3-101 et seq.; emergency rulemaking under C.R.S. § 24-4-103(6)
Issued
2021-08-30 Aug. 30, 2021
Effective
2021-08-30
End
Emergency rule (120 days), re-adopted by the Board of Health in December 2021 and made permanent thereafter; deadlines Sept. 30 and Oct. 31, 2021 (read as 2021-10-31)
In force
Aug. 30, 2021 to Oct. 31, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitation types
Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingOther
Addressees
  • all facilities licensed under 6 CCR 1011-1 (hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living residences, home care agencies, hospices, ambulatory surgical centers, community clinics, dialysis clinics, behavioral health entities, freestanding emergency departments and others)
  • their employees, direct contractors and support staff
Functions reached
  • HR credentialing and hiring
  • IC infection control
  • WF workforce availability
  • OF reporting and compliance
Collection
Colorado CO

Operative words

12.2.1 Each facility shall develop and implement a policy and procedure to ensure 100% of employees, [direct contractors, and support staff are vaccinated]... (A) All employees, direct contractors, and support staff must have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccination no later than September 30, 2021. [(B)... second dose] of the COVID-19 vaccination (if applicable) no later than October 31, 2021.... (E) On or after October 31, 2021, each facility shall ensure all newly hired employees, direct [contractors, and support staff are fully vaccinated in] accordance with this Part 12.... 12.4.1 Beginning October 1, 2021, each facility shall report its COVID-19 vaccination rate to the [Department]

Enforcement

12.1.2 'The requirements of this Part 12 shall be overseen and enforced by the Department' through facility licensure; documentation subject to Department examination 'at any time'; waiver process for religious exemptions

Notes

Recognized on adoption that about 30 percent of the covered workforce was unvaccinated (Littler, Sept. 1, 2021); medical exemptions require a Colorado-licensed physician, PA or APRN statement; religious exemptions per facility policy

Retrieval note

Adopted-rules document as filed with the Secretary of State ('Emergency rules adopted by the Board of Health on August 30, 2021. Effective August 30, 2021').

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