• "Contractor" means the owner or employee of any business that a covered entity has hired to perform work within a covered premise. 
• "Covered entity" means any entity that operates one or more covered premises, except that it shall not include pre-kindergarten through grade twelve (12) public and non-public schools and programs, houses of worship, childcare programs, senior centers, community centers, or as otherwise indicated by this Order.
• "Covered premises" means any of the following locations: Indoor Entertainment and Recreational Settings, and Certain Event and Meeting Spaces; Indoor Food Services; and Indoor Gyms and Fitness Settings.
• "Covered premises" do not include houses of worship or locations in a residential or office building the use of which is limited to residents, owners, or tenants of that building. 
• “Worker” means an individual who works in-person in New York City at a workplace in New York City. Worker includes a full- or part-time staff member, employer, employee, intern, volunteer or contractor of a covered entity, as well as a self-employed individual or a sole practitioner. Worker does not include an individual who works from their own home and whose employment does not involve interacting in-person with co-workers or members of the public. Worker also does not include an individual who enters the workplace for a quick and limited purpose.
• “Workplace” means any location, including a vehicle, where work is performed in the presence of another worker or member of the public.
• Businesses shall not permit a patron, full- or part-time employee, intern, volunteer, or contractor to enter a covered premises without displaying proof of vaccination and identification bearing the same identifying information as the proof of vaccination.  There are limited exemptions to this provision. 
• Covered entities are required to develop and keep a written record describing the covered entity’s protocol for implementing and enforcing the requirements of this section. Such written record shall be available for inspection upon a request of a City official as allowed by law.

• Covered entities are required to:
• Maintain a copy of workers’ proof of vaccination or, if applicable, a record of reasonable accommodation(s);  
• Maintain a record of such proof of vaccination, provided that such record shall include: the worker’s name; and whether the person is fully vaccinated; and for a worker who submits proof of the first dose of a two-dose vaccine, the date by which proof of the second dose must be provided, which must be no later than 45 days after the proof of first dose was submitted; and 
• For a worker who does not submit proof of COVID-19 vaccination because of a reasonable accommodation, the record must indicate that such accommodation was provided, and the covered entity must separately maintain records stating the basis for such accommodation and any supporting documentation provided by such worker; or 
• Check the proof of vaccination before allowing a worker to enter the workplace and maintain a record of the verification.