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  1. Nov 19, 2021 · PHILADELPHIA — To further protect the workforce and the public it serves, the City of Philadelphia today announced it is extending vaccination requirements to all City employees and certain City contractors effective January 14, 2022. This includes employees represented by a union.

    • Definitions
    • Who Is Covered Under The Mandate
    • Exemptions
    • Conditions
    • Record Keeping
    • Resources
    Contracting agency:Any individual or entity that contracts with a healthcare institution.
    Fully vaccinated: Having completed at least:
    Healthcare institution:Any entity that employs or otherwise coordinates the services of covered healthcare workers at a location where in-person healthcare-related services are provided or availabl...
    Covered healthcare workers:An individual, including a self-employed individual, who is patient-facing at a healthcare institution where in-person healthcare-related services are provided or availab...

    Contracting agency

    A healthcare institution may delegate responsibility for obtaining vaccine status, evaluating exemptions, and implementing appropriate accommodations to a contracting agency. If delegated, the contracting agency must agree to abide by the following requirements: 1. The contracting agency agrees to perform all responsibilities of the healthcare institution as provided for in the Vaccine Mandate Regulation and this guidance. 2. The contracting agency must, at a minimum, report to the healthcare...

    Healthcare institution

    1. Includes contracted workers.

    Covered healthcare workers

    1. All covered healthcare workers performing duties in the City of Philadelphia: Individuals who are not required to be vaccinated include only those who are not patient facing, either through their direct work or the setting of their work: 1.1. Individuals who perform their duties completely through telework. 1.2. Individuals who are employed at a retail establishment that provides only incidental healthcare-related services, such as pharmacies and grocery stores. 1.3. Individuals who are em...

    An individual may not simply opt out of vaccination. They must submit a medical or religious exemption to the healthcare institution where such individual works according to the policies set by the institution. The institution will determine if an exemption applies. Healthcare institutions and organizations that are granting exemptions must create ...

    Testing: Screening testing is not required.
    Masking: Masking is no longer required by the Health Department for healthcare workers, patients, or visitors in healthcare institutions.

    Vaccination records

    The institution must maintain vaccination records and exemption records must be made available to the Health Department upon request. Vaccination records must include the following information: numbers of fully, partially, unvaccinated and vaccination status unknown staff/contractors; and numbers of staff/contractors with medical or religious exemptions. Contracting agencies are responsible for reporting vaccination status of their covered workers to the healthcare institution and must mainta...

    Result reporting

    If the employer is performing rapid testing under a CLIA certificate or waiver, positive results need to be reported to the Health Department within 24 hours of result. Results can be reported directly via a REDCap Database. Please contact COVID.EPI@phila.govwith any questions. If the employer is not performing the testing, they do not need to report the results to the Health Department. The results will be reported directly to the Health Department by the lab or provider.

    Enforcement

    Beginning October 16th, 2021, the Health Department will exercise its inspection authority to review records per Chapter 6-500, Section 501 of the Philadelphia Code. These records must be made available to the Health Department upon request as dictated by Chapter 6-200, Section 202(4) of the Philadelphia Code and the August 4, 2022, AMENDMENT TO THE EMERGENCY REGULATION GOVERNING THE CONTROL AND PREVENTION OF COVID-19 MANDATING VACCINES FOR HEALTHCARE WORKERS AND IN HIGHER EDUCATION, HEALTHCA...

  2. Nov 19, 2021 · The vaccine mandate starts on Jan. 14, 2022. Any workers who don't comply could be fired. By Dan Stamm • Published November 19, 2021 • Updated on November 19, 2021 at 7:52 pm. Philadelphia...

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  3. Jan 14, 2022 · City employees now have until Jan. 24 to meet the vaccination mandate. In a statement Friday, the city said it has a legal obligation to negotiate the impact of the mandate with its labor union partners, which include those representing police and firefighters, prior to its implementation.

  4. Nov 19, 2021 · All city employees and certain city contractors will need to be fully vaccinated starting Jan. 14. The mandate includes employees represented by a union, regardless of the location of work,...

  5. Those individuals who are or will be working in-person shifts in group one before October 15th must have received at least one dose of vaccine of a two-dose vaccination series or the single dose in a one-dose series by October 15, 2021 and comply with all Interim Precautions described below.

  6. Oct 4, 2022 · Certain settings previously required to comply with the Vaccine Mandate Regulation are excluded from the vaccination and screening testing requirements. These requirements are modified according to the Philadelphia Department of Public Health’s (the Department) recommendations.

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