State board requires COVID vaccines for staff at Colorado hospitals and other health care facilities
The rule requires health care workers at thousands of facilities to get their first dose of vaccine no later than Sept. 30, though state regulators indicated they will be lenient about the deadline
The rule applies to all employees at the following facilities:
General hospitals
Psychiatric hospitals
Community clinics
Rehabilitation hospitals
Convalescent centers
Community mental health centers
Acute treatment units
Facilities for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities
Nursing care facilities
Hospice care
Assisted living residences
Dialysis treatment clinics
Ambulatory surgical centers
Birthing centers
Home care agencies
About 3,600 facilities will be affected by the policy.
On Aug. 17, Polis asked the Board of Health to enact the mandate.“These are settings in which we have a responsibility to keep people safe who have little choice about their presence there,” Polis wrote in a letter to the board. “It’s critical that all personnel who are capable of bringing the deadly virus into facilities where our vulnerable populations are in their custody be fully vaccinated in order to save lives.The panel voted on the new requirement after about an hour of public testimony, most of it in opposition.”
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