The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Massachusetts
- Level
- State
- Authority
- G.L. c. 6A, s. 16
- Issued
- 2021-08-13 Aug. 13, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-08-13 (emergency; published Mass. Register 9/3/21); vaccination by October 10, 2021 (read as 2021-08-13)
- End
- Emergency regulation in force through 2021 Q3 and beyond (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Aug. 13, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Workplace rulesVaccination or testing
- Addressees
- staff at the Chelsea and Holyoke Soldiers' Homes
- staff at additional agencies EOHHS designates (state hospitals, state-operated congregate care)
- contracted staff
- Functions reached
- PL staffing and contract personnel at State facilities
- HR/WF
- Collection
- Massachusetts MA
Operative words
Staff at the Chelsea and Holyoke Soldiers' Homes are required to demonstrate that they have received COVID-19 vaccination by October 10, 2021... EOHHS may require staff at additional agencies to receive COVID-19 vaccination, including staff at: 1. state hospitals; 2. state-operated congregate care facilities; and 3. agencies designated by the Secretary.... Agency staff who fail to comply with the COVID-19 vaccination requirement will be subject to discipline, up to and including termination. Contracted staff who fail to comply with the COVID-19 vaccination requirement will not be permitted to work at the agency facility or location.
Enforcement
Discipline up to termination; contracted staff barred from the facility
Retrieval noteFile name carries 2021-09-17 (approximate); footer reads 'Effective 8/13/21'.