{"id":"DE-055","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Delaware","state":"DE","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Molly K. Magarik, Cabinet Secretary, Department of Health and Social Services (Division of Health Care Quality)","authority":"16 Del. C. § 1119C; 29 Del. C. § 10119","instrument":"Emergency Secretary\u0027s Order amending 16 DE Admin. Code 3345, Personal Assistance Services Agencies, §§ 9.4-9.5","title":"DHSS Emergency Secretary\u0027s Order: personal assistance services agencies: COVID-19 testing of all new staff, vendors and volunteers before their start date; ongoing testing per DPH guidance (vaccination as the alternative); work-exclusion protocols; outbreak staffing plans","dateIssued":"2021-09-10","effective":"2021-09-30 (120 days)","end":"2022-01-27 (renewable once for 60 days)","startDate":"2021-09-30","endDate":"2022-01-27","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["VAX","HC","EMP","QUAR"],"addressees":["every licensed personal assistance services agency and its staff, vendors and volunteers"],"clause":"\u0027This emergency order adds language to the July amendment of Section 9.0.... 9.4.1 Before their start date, all new staff, vendors and volunteers must be tested for COVID-19 [in accordance with Delaware Division of Public Health Guidance]. 9.4.2 All staff, vendors and volunteers must be tested for COVID-19 in a manner [consistent with Division of Public Health Guidance]... 9.5.1 Work exclusion and return to work protocols for staff tested positive for COVID-19... 9.5.3 Staff refusals to authorize release of testing results or vaccination status to the [agency]... This Emergency Order shall take effect on September 30, 2021 and shall remain in effect for 120 days.... It is hereby ordered, this 10th day of September, 2021.\u0027","enforcement":"Licensure under 16 Del. C. ch. 11 and 16 DE Admin. Code 3345; 29 Del. C. § 10119","functions":["HR/WF/IC home-care and personal-assistance workforce testing and exclusion"],"notes":"Matches bundled DE-10 and the Q3 inventory paragraph OS-02.","sourceUrl":"https://archivesfiles.delaware.gov/Executive-Orders/Carney/public-health/3345-PASA-Order-Testing.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":241326,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"DE","url":"/library/DE-055","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DE-055","citation":"Molly K. Magarik, Cabinet Secretary, Department of Health and Social Services (Division of Health Care Quality), Emergency Secretary\u0027s Order amending 16 DE Admin. Code 3345, Personal Assistance Services Agencies, §§ 9.4-9.5 (Sept. 10, 2021) (Ex. DE-055)","stateName":"Delaware","related":["DE-041","DE-046","DE-064","DE-047"]}