Commissioner's Determination on COVID-19 Testing Pursuant to 10 NYCRR 2.62

The record

Jurisdiction

New York

Level

Sector regulator

Authority

10 NYCRR 2.62

Issued

2021-09-02 Sept. 2, 2021

Effective

2021-09-02, 'effective immediately and for as long as this determination remains in effect' (read as 2021-09-02)

End

Continued into the 2021-22 school year (read as 2021-09-30)

In force

Sept. 2, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021

Quarters

2021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Schools and child careWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing

Addressees

• all P-12 public, charter, private and state-operated schools
• all teachers, substitute teachers, student teachers, administrators, paraprofessional and support staff including bus drivers, and contractors working in P-12 schools

Functions reached

• HR school staff and contractors (weekly testing or vaccination)
• IN instruction (exclusion rules)
• TR school transportation contractors
• WF

Collection

New York NY

Operative words

all P-12 schools are hereby required to implement testing consistent with the following: 1. Definitions and Application: a. Teachers and Staff. This determination applies to all P-12 (public or non-public) school district faculty or staff, including all teachers, substitute teachers, student teachers, school administrators, paraprofessional staff, and support staff, including bus drivers. This determination also applies to contractors working in a P-12 school... 2. Screening a. Testing Requirement for teachers and staff: P-12 schools are required to ensure teachers and staff, as outlined above, have testing performed for COVID-19 at least once per week when a school is in a geographic area identified by the CDC as having low, moderate, substantial, or high transmission rates. Teachers and staff may be permitted to opt-out of mandatory weekly screening testing if they provide documentation of being fully vaccinated... 4.... All school students, teachers, and staff with new or worsening symptoms of COVID-19 must be excluded from school, regardless of vaccination status

Enforcement

Notes