Colorado health care workers at some 3,800 facilities across the state must be vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of October as a condition of employment under a temporary emergency rule approved by the state board of health on Monday evening.
The mandate was approved in a 6–1 vote in an emergency session, and comes just weeks after Gov. Jared Polis sent a letter to the board requesting that it immediately consider rulemaking mandating the COVID-19 vaccination for all individuals “involved in health care and support staff who regularly come into contact and share spaces with vulnerable populations including patients seeking medical care in essential medical settings and in congregate senior living facilities.”
