- April 17, 2023
- Alerts
New Jersey Lifts COVID-19 Testing Requirements in Health Care and Congregate Care Settings
By:
Julia P. Belton
Governor Phil Murphy signed an Executive Order lifting COVID-19 testing requirements for health care and congregate care settings. This Executive Order took effect April 3, 2023.
Key changes in the Executive Order include:
Individual employers may continue to require vaccination or testing protocols in excess of current New Jersey requirements.
Congregate care settings include correctional facilities, group homes and day programs for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and certain licensed psychiatric community homes. Health care settings include, but are not limited to, long-term care facilities; psychiatric and specialty hospitals; long-term residential substance abuse disorder treatment facilities; clinic-based setting such as Federally Qualified Health Centers and family planning sites; and community-based health care settings such as pediatric and adult medical day care programs.
Key changes in the Executive Order include:
- Eliminates weekly/twice-weekly COVID-19 testing requirements for employees who are not up-to-date on COVID-19 vaccinations in health care and congregate care settings.
- Removes vaccination requirements for employees in congregate care settings.
- Employees in health care settings are still required to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination.
Individual employers may continue to require vaccination or testing protocols in excess of current New Jersey requirements.
Congregate care settings include correctional facilities, group homes and day programs for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and certain licensed psychiatric community homes. Health care settings include, but are not limited to, long-term care facilities; psychiatric and specialty hospitals; long-term residential substance abuse disorder treatment facilities; clinic-based setting such as Federally Qualified Health Centers and family planning sites; and community-based health care settings such as pediatric and adult medical day care programs.