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Enrollment in the new California COVID-19 Vaccination Program is currently limited. However, when enrollment is expanded, the following requirements will apply:

Providers must be credentialed/licensed in the jurisdiction where vaccination takes place; complete all required training; and comply with federal and state requirements, which include:

• Administering the COVID-19 vaccine in accordance with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommendations (still pending)
• Required reporting of patient and COVID-19 vaccine dose and adjuvant (if applicable) information to local immunization registry (e.g. CAIR2, Healthy Futures or SDIR, depending on your county) within 24 hours of vaccine administration. The provider must maintain the vaccine administration records for at least three years following vaccination, or longer if required by law. These records must be made available to any federal, state, local or territorial public health department to the extent authorized by law
• Not selling or seeking reimbursement for COVID-19 vaccine and any adjuvant, syringes, needles, or other constituent products and ancillary supplies provided by the federal government
• Administering the COVID-19 vaccine regardless of the vaccine recipient's ability to pay
• Providing an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) fact sheet or vaccine information statement (VIS), as applicable, to each vaccine recipient/parent/legal representative prior to vaccination
• Complying with CDC requirements for vaccine management, including storage and handling, temperature monitoring at all times, complying with California Department of Public Health (CDPH) policies for dealing with temperature excursions, and monitoring expiration dates
• Reporting COVID-19 vaccines and adjuvants that were unused, spoiled, expired or wasted
• Complying with federal instruction regarding disposal of unused COVID-19 vaccines and adjuvants
• Reporting adverse events to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)
• Providing a completed COVID-19 vaccination record to every vaccine recipient/parent/legal representative
• Complying with the FDA requirements, including EUA-related requirements, if applicable. Providers must also administer COVID-19 vaccine in compliance with all applicable state and territorial vaccine laws

Additional state requirements may apply.

More information on the California COVID-19 Vaccination Program can be found here.