The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- New York
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Public Health Law 225, 2800, 2803, 3612, 4010
- Issued
- 2021-08-26 Aug. 26, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-08-26 (first dose by Sept. 27, 2021 for general hospitals and nursing homes; Oct. 7, 2021 for other covered entities) (read as 2021-08-26)
- End
- Repealed Oct. 2023 (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Aug. 26, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing
- Addressees
- covered entities: Article 28 facilities including general hospitals, nursing homes, diagnostic and treatment centers; home care, hospice, adult care facilities; all personnel
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Hospitals and Health Systems SEC-01
Operative words
(c) Covered entities shall continuously require personnel to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, with the first dose for current personnel received by September 27, 2021 for general hospitals and nursing homes, and by October 7, 2021 for all other covered entities absent receipt of an exemption as allowed below. Documentation of such vaccination shall be made in personnel records... (1) 'Covered entities'... shall include: [any facility or institution included in the definition of hospital in section] 2801 of the Public Health Law, including but not limited to general hospitals... (2) 'Personnel'... shall mean all persons employed or affiliated with a covered entity, whether paid or unpaid.
Enforcement
Public Health Law 12 (civil penalties), 2806 (licensure); DOH surveys
Notes
The first-dose deadline fell inside the quarter (Sept. 27); New York hospitals separated or placed on leave unvaccinated staff that week (religious exemption litigation: Dr. A. v. Hochul, TRO Sept. 14, 2021; 2d Cir. Nov. 4, 2021).