{"id":"AGY-USCG-PORTS-013","kind":"context","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States Coast Guard, Seventh District (Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands and adjacent waters)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"USCG-PORTS","eco":"","issuer":"Rear Admiral E. C. Jones, Commander, Seventh Coast Guard District, Miami, Florida","authority":"33 C.F.R. 160.216; 33 C.F.R. 160.111; MSIB 06-20","instrument":"Seventh District MSIB 01-20","title":"Medical Capability Requirements for Foreign Passenger Vessels Impacted by the Novel Coronavirus","dateIssued":"2020-03-29","effective":"2020-03-29 (\u0027These requirements are effective immediately\u0027)","end":"not stated; no cancellation located","startDate":"2020-03-29","endDate":"2020-12-31","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4"],"types":["TRAV","QUAR","HC","OTHER"],"addressees":["foreign passenger vessels in the Seventh District with more than 50 persons on board","vessel owners and operators","masters"],"clause":"Medical facilities in the Port of Miami, for example, are no longer accepting MEDEVAC patients due to limited hospital capacity and it is expected that neighboring counties will follow suit.... all vessels operating within the Seventh District AOR with more than 50 persons on board should increase their medical capabilities, personnel and equipment in order to care for individuals with ILIs for a indefinite period of time.... If a MEDEVAC is deemed necessary by the Coast Guard flight surgeon, the vessel owner or operator will be required to secure commercial transportation ashore, confirm the availability of medical services with local medical facilities, and coordinate a private ambulance prior to the CG SMC authorizing the evacuation.... vessels should report the number and condition of any and all ill persons on board to the cognizant COTP daily. Vessels or masters that do not immediately report illness or death among onboard personnel may be in violation of 33 CFR 160.216, and could be subject to civil penalties or criminal prosecution. These requirements are effective immediately.","enforcement":"33 C.F.R. 160.216 (civil penalties; criminal prosecution recited); COTP orders","functions":["TV cruise ships kept at sea off Florida with ill persons aboard","HC hospital capacity in Miami-Dade (MEDEVAC refusals)","CB passengers and crew","OP cruise lines\u0027 port agents, ambulance and transport contractors"],"notes":"Scanned PDF (no text layer); read from a rasterized image of both pages. The instrument that kept cruise ships and their crews at sea off Florida in spring 2020 and shifted medical care aboard.","sourceUrl":"http://scspa.com/wp-content/uploads/msib-20-001-covid-19-cruiseship-medical-capabilities-signed29mar20.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":105111,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-USCG-PORTS","url":"/library/AGY-USCG-PORTS-013","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-USCG-PORTS-013","citation":"Rear Admiral E. C. Jones, Commander, Seventh Coast Guard District, Miami, Florida, Seventh District MSIB 01-20 (Mar. 29, 2020) (Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-013)","stateName":"","related":[]}