The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Washington
- Level
- State
- Authority
- RCW 43.06.220(1)(h) and (3); chapters 38.08, 38.52, 43.06 RCW
- Issued
- 2021-08-09 Aug. 9, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-08-09 (immediately); vaccination deadline October 18, 2021 (read as 2021-08-09)
- End
- Amended by 21-14.1 (Aug. 20, 2021), 21-14.2 (Sept. 27, 2021), 21-14.3 (Nov. 24, 2021) et seq.; rescinded Oct. 31, 2022 (21-14.6) (read as 2021-08-20)
- In force
- Aug. 9, 2021 to Aug. 20, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing
- Addressees
- State agencies and their workers (employees, contractors, volunteers)
- health care providers
- operators of health care settings
- Functions reached
- HR credentialing and hiring
- WF (staff separations)
- IC infection control
- OF
- CB (State agency contractors)
- Collection
- Washington WA
Operative words
1. Prohibitions. This order prohibits the following: a. Any Worker from engaging in work for a State Agency after October 18, 2021 if the Worker has not been fully vaccinated against COVID-19; b. Any State Agency from permitting any Worker to engage in work for the agency after October 18, 2021 if the Worker has not been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and provided proof thereof to the agency; c. Any Health Care Provider from failing to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 after October 18, 2021; and d. Any individual or entity that operates a Health Care Setting from permitting a Health Care Provider to engage in work for the individual or entity as an employee, contractor, or volunteer after October 18, 2021 if the Health Care Provider has not been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and provided proof thereof to the individual or entity.... Personal attestation is not an acceptable form of verification of COVID-19 vaccination.
Enforcement
Violators of this order may be subject to criminal penalties pursuant to RCW 43.06.220(5); licensing consequences for health care providers
Notes
Reached every hospital, clinic, dental office, pharmacy, home care agency, long-term care facility and State contractor; compliance actions (verification, accommodation processing, staffing plans) were compelled from August 9, 2021 for the October 18 deadline.