Biden-Harris Administration Issues COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate Details

Last Thursday, both the Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination interim final rule with comment period (IFC) and the OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) were posted for public inspection.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will require full COVID-19 vaccination for all employees at Medicare and Medicaid-participating healthcare facilities by Jan. 4, 2022, and OSHA will require all employees at businesses with 100 or more workers to be vaccinated by the same date or to get tested weekly for the virus and wear a face mask in the workplace.

Specifically, the official announcement states that, “Facilities covered by this regulation must establish a policy ensuring all eligible staff have received the first dose of a two-dose COVID-19 vaccine or a one-dose COVID-19 vaccine prior to providing any care, treatment, or other services by December 5, 2021.

“All eligible staff must have received the necessary shots to be fully vaccinated – either two doses of Pfizer or Moderna or one dose of Johnson & Johnson – by January 4, 2022. The regulation also provides for exemptions based on recognized medical conditions or religious beliefs, observances, or practices. Facilities must develop a similar process or plan for permitting exemptions in alignment with federal law.”

Booster shots are not mandated.

Read additional details about the Application of the orders, approved Accommodations, Enforcement, Resources and more on APTA Colorado's Vaccination Orders Member Resource Center

https://aptac.memberclicks.net/apta-co-member-resource-center--covid-19-vaccination-orders