The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Oregon
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- ORS 1.002
- Issued
- 2021-09-16 Sept. 16, 2021
- Effective
- Immediately (first dose and proof before Oct. 1, 2021; second dose within 35 days; testing twice weekly from Oct. 4, 2021 for those excepted) (read as 2021-10-01)
- End
- Lifted by CJO 2022-003 (2022; not read)
- In force
- Oct. 1, 2021 (no end date recorded; counted as in force for 120 days)
- Quarters
- 2021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Courts and public officesWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing
- Addressees
- all judges of the Oregon Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, Tax Court and circuit courts, senior, pro tempore and reference judges, referees and special masters
- all Oregon Judicial Department staff
- Functions reached
- CT courts (staffing and operations)
- HR public-employee vaccination mandate
- WF
- Collection
- Oregon OR
Operative words
2. Vaccination requirement. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph 3, a. All judges and staff must have received one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine before October 1, 2021, and must provide proof before October 1, 2021.... 5. Failure to comply... (2) If a staff person does not comply..., that staff will be issued a notice of layoff and placed on unpaid leave, and will not be permitted to work for OJD... 6. This order is effective immediately and will remain in effect until amended, superseded, or vacated by further Chief Justice Order. Dated this 16th day of September, 2021.
Enforcement
Complaint to the Commission on Judicial Fitness and Disability and suspension request for judges; layoff and unpaid leave for staff (para. 5)
Notes
Recites EO 21-15 (emergency to Dec. 31, 2021), EO 21-29 (Aug. 13, 2021) and the Governor's Aug. 24, 2021 statement that the Delta variant 'had created a level of crisis not yet seen during the pandemic in Oregon'; 'The variant also has significantly impacted court operations across the state.'