The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Rhode Island
- Level
- State
- Authority
- R.I. Gen. Laws 23-1-1, 23-1-17; Administrative Procedures Act emergency rulemaking
- Issued
- 2021-08-17 Aug. 17, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-08-17 (vaccination by Oct. 1, 2021) (read as 2021-08-17)
- End
- Expired 2022 (post-period) (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Aug. 17, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing
- Addressees
- all health care facilities licensed under R.I. Gen. Laws ch. 23-17 (including nursing facilities, home nursing care and home care providers, hospice), assisted living residences, adult day care programs, clinical laboratories
- all licensed health care providers
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Home Care, Nursing and Senior Living SEC-04
Operative words
8.3 Requirement to be vaccinated against COVID-19... 1. Until October 1, 2021, all health care workers who are not vaccinated shall [comply with masking and testing requirements]... 3. By October 1, 2021, all health care workers and health care providers [shall be vaccinated]... C. As of October 1, 2021, health care facilities shall deny entrance to any health care worker who is not vaccinated [absent a medical exemption under 8.3(D)].
Enforcement
R.I. Gen. Laws 23-1-25; licensure sanctions
Retrieval noteThe Aug. 17, 2021 filing PDF was not located; the Feb. 10, 2022 amended text carries the same 8.3 operative section and the rules.sos.ri.gov record states the emergency adoption date. verified_secondary for the Aug. 17, 2021 emergency text unless SEC-01-085 or SEC-02-071 (Wayback captures of rules.sos.ri.gov of Aug. 21 and Sept. 8, 2021) are cross-cited as the 2021 text.