This industry includes government establishments that are primarily engaged in the administration of assistance programs, training, counseling, and other services for veterans and their dependents, heirs, or survivors. Workers who provide health care to veterans in a hospital environment are classified in subsector 622, Hospitals (phase 1a); workers who provide health care to veterans in an outpatient care setting are classified in subsector 621, Outpatient Health Care Services (phase 1a). The list provided below classifies workers by the industry (type of company) in which they work, not by their occupation (a person's specific job). Some essential critical infrastructure industries described in the CISA guidelines do not directly align with any category of workers identified by the ACIP as non-health essential workers and are therefore indicated as “Not explicitly included by the ACIP”.
on this list.” Since the most efficient vaccine allocation strategy will take into account both essentiality and risk, jurisdictions should, whenever possible, strive to prioritize workers in occupations characterized by the inability to work remotely and the need to work close to other people within the following industries, as implied by the ACIP definition of essential non-health workers. The following CDC provisional list is intended to help state, local, tribal and territorial officials and organizations prepare for the allocation of the initially limited supply of COVID-19 vaccines by allocating essential industries according to the COVID-19 vaccination phases and the corresponding categories of workforce, as recommended by the ACIP. Subcategories of essential workers may have different priorities in different jurisdictions, according to needs premises.
