On December 22, 2021, the California Department of Public Health (“CDPH”) issued an order requiring workers in health care facilities to receive booster vaccinations to help combat COVID-19. Health care workers must receive the booster vaccine by February 1, 2022.
The order uses the same definition for “Health Care Facilities” as the August 5, 2021 order that required health care workers to receive an initial COVID-19 vaccination. “Health Care Facilities” include: General Acute Care Hospitals, Skilled Nursing Facilities (including Subacute Facilities), Intermediate Care Facilities, Acute Psychiatric Hospitals, Adult Day Health Care Centers, Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) and PACE Centers, Ambulatory Surgery Centers, Chemical Dependency Recovery Hospitals, Clinics & Doctor Offices (including behavioral health, surgical), Congregate Living Health Facilities, Dialysis Centers, Hospice Facilities, Pediatric Day Health and Respite Care Facilities, and Residential Substance Use Treatment and Mental Health Treatment Facilities. “Workers” covered by the order include not only workers directly involved in patient care, but also workers in ancillary positions that could be exposed to COVID-19 such as clerical, security, administrative, and volunteer personnel.
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