The NOCCCD Board of Trustees has instituted a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all employees and students who take on-site classes through December 31, 2022. The vaccine mandate is applicable for every person employed by NOCCCD: full time, part time, all faculty, hourly, professional experts, temporary, voluntary employees, and employees who work remotely.

To be in compliance with the mandate, employees and on-site students must be fully vaccinated or have an HR-approved medical or religious exemption on file. At this time, the CDC defines fully vaccinated to mean two weeks after a two-dose series, such as the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines, or two weeks after the single-dose J&J/Janssen vaccine. Fully vaccinated, however, is not the same as having the best protection, which includes getting boosters when eligible.

To help with uploading employee information, we've created two tutorial videos:

Video on how to upload vaccine information:

Video on how to apply for an exemption:

To upload vaccine information or apply for an exemption, go to www.nocccd.edu/vaccineprogram.

Employees with approved exemptions must undergo weekly COVID-19 testing at one of the NOCCCD sites. Any employee with an exemption who is unable to fulfill their weekly testing obligation will be found out of compliance with the vaccine mandate and addressed by Human Resources.

Video on how to apply for an exemption:

To upload vaccine information or apply for an exemption, go to www.nocccd.edu/vaccineprogram.

The Covid-19 tests are available at no cost to employees, even if they do not have insurance. Results will be available within 48 hours and emailed to the employee.

Face Coverings
Face coverings for employees and students at NOCCCD sites are greatly encouraged but not mandated at this time. To the extent such supplies are available, the District/Campus will provide a face covering upon request.

Cal/OSHA Training video on the use of N95 respirators:

Information on use of N95 respirator masks: Click here.

Employee N95/KN95 Acknowledgement Form: Click here.

District Cleaning and Disinfection Protocols
The District recognizes the importance of maintaining safe facilities and operations for all employees. The District and campuses will provide information on public hygiene and sanitation to help minimize the spread of the COVID-19 virus, and will ensure that its facilities have the necessary supplies for preventive sanitation measures to the extent that such supplies are available.

• Custodial teams will clean and disinfect all physical spaces used throughout the day including offices, classrooms, restrooms, conference rooms, elevators, floors, etc.
• Custodial teams will clean and disinfect frequently-touched surfaces throughout the day including tables, door handles, light switches, sink handles, bathroom surfaces
• Custodial staff who clean and disinfect the District/Campus sites will be equipped with proper equipment including gloves, eye protection, respiratory protection and other appropriate equipment as required
• Teams will establish a cleaning and disinfecting schedule in order to avoid both under- and over-use of cleaning products

• Employees must notify their immediate management supervisor immediately if:
  • Employee has been diagnosed with COVID-19 virus or believes that they have been exposed to COVID-19 virus
    • For the purposes of the California Department of Public Health's recommendations regarding isolation and quarantine periods for persons infected with or exposed to COVID-19, the following definitions apply:
      • Close Contact is defined as someone sharing the same indoor airspace (e.g., home, clinic waiting room, airplane etc.) for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period (for example, three individual 5-minute exposures for a total of 15 minutes) during an infected person's (laboratory-confirmed or a clinical diagnosis) infectious period
      • Infectious Period is defined as:
        • For symptomatic infected persons, 2 days before the infected person had any symptoms through Day 10 after symptoms first appeared (or through Days 5-10 if testing negative on Day 5 or later), and 24 hours have passed with no fever, without the use of fever-reducing medications, and symptoms have improved, OR
        • For asymptomatic infected persons, 2 days before the positive specimen collection date through Day 10 after positive specimen collection date (or through Days 5-10 if testing negative on Day 5 or later) after specimen collection date for their first positive COVID-19 test
        • For the purposes of identifying close contacts and exposures, infected persons who test negative on or after Day 5 and end isolation are no longer considered to be within their infectious period. Such persons should continue to follow CDPH isolation recommendations, including wearing a well-fitting face mask through Day 10

• The employee will fill out the NOCCCD COVID-19 Employee Questionnaire, located on MyGateway, so that the District can determine the scope of possible exposure to others
  
  
• The Employee Questionnaire serves three purposes:
  • To determine if the situation with the reporting employee meets the exposure criteria as defined by the CDC
    • For the purposes of the California Department of Public Health's recommendations regarding isolation and quarantine periods for persons infected with or exposed to COVID-19, the following definitions apply:
      Close Contact is defined as someone sharing the same indoor airspace (e.g., home, clinic waiting room, airplane etc.) for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period (for example, three individual 5-minute exposures for a total of 15 minutes) during an infected person's (laboratory-confirmed or a clinical diagnosis) infectious period
    • Infectious Period is defined as:
      • For symptomatic infected persons, 2 days before the infected person had any symptoms through Day 10 after symptoms first appeared (or through Days 5-10 if testing negative on Day 5 or later), and 24 hours have passed with no fever, without the use of fever-reducing medications, and symptoms have improved, OR
      • For asymptomatic infected persons, 2 days before the positive specimen collection date through Day 10 after positive specimen collection date (or through Days 5-10 if testing negative on Day 5 or later) after specimen collection date for their first positive COVID-19 test
      • For the purposes of identifying close contacts and exposures, infected persons who test negative on or after Day 5 and end isolation are no longer considered to be within their infectious period. Such persons should continue to follow CDPH isolation recommendations, including wearing a well-fitting face mask through Day 10
  • Help trace potential additional on-campus exposures
  • Meet the reporting requirements of California regulations

• Once completed in MyGateway, the Employee Questionnaire will automatically be sent to:
  • Julie Kossick, Associate Vice Chancellor, Human Resources
  • Tami Oh, District Director, Risk Management
  • Campus President
  • Campus COVID-19 Liaison

• If it is determined that no on-campus exposure occurred, employee may return to work, perform remote work, or take appropriate leave to quarantine as advised by their immediate management supervisor
  
  
• If it is determined that on-campus exposure may have occurred, or in the event of a positive test, a notification will be sent by the immediate management supervisor or campus Liaison to any on-site employees who meet the exposure criteria as indicated on the Questionnaire