{"id":"DUT-GA-015","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Georgia","state":"GA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Georgia Department of Public Health (Kathleen E. Toomey, M.D., M.P.H., Commissioner and State Health Officer)","authority":"O.C.G.A. sections 31-2A-4 and 31-12-4 and Governor Kemp\u0027s Executive Orders (recited in the order)","instrument":"DPH Administrative Order, Long-Term Care Facilities Reopening Guidance","title":"State of Georgia Department of Public Health Administrative Order: Long-Term Care Facilities Reopening Guidance","dateIssued":"2020-09-15","effective":"2020-09-15 5:30 p.m.","end":"Until the conclusion of the Public Health State of Emergency initially declared by Executive Order 03.14.20.01 (12:00 A.M. July 1, 2021, Ex. GA-039), unless amended, terminated or superseded","startDate":"2020-09-15","endDate":"2021-07-01","quarters":["2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["HC","MASK","QUAR","VAX","EMP","COND"],"addressees":["specified businesses: long-term care facilities as defined in the order (O.C.G.A. sections 31-6-2, 31-7-12.2, 31-7-172, 31-7-173; Ga. Comp. R. \u0026 Regs. r. 111-8-56-.01(a))"],"clause":"[I]n accordance with O.C.G.A. sections 31-2A-4, 31-12-4, and Governor Kemp\u0027s Executive Orders, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED as follows:... This Administrative Order shall take effect at 5:30 p.m. on September 15, 2020, and... shall remain in effect until the conclusion of the Public Health State of Emergency initially declared by Executive Order 03.14.20.","enforcement":"Violation of a Department order is a misdemeanor under O.C.G.A. section 31-5-8 and enjoinable under section 31-5-9 (Ex. DUT-GA-004); the Governor\u0027s orders made the DPH directives mandatory under section 38-3-7 (Ex. DUT-GA-006)","functions":[],"notes":"Every long-term care facility (intermediate care facilities, personal care homes, skilled nursing facilities, nursing homes, inpatient hospice, assisted living communities) was ordered into a phased reopening regime under which, in the order\u0027s own verbs, the phase-progression considerations of Section 1.0 are \u0027Recommendations\u0027 and the infection-control practices of Section 2.0 \u0027are recommended throughout the pandemic,\u0027 while the operative conditions are mandatory: new admissions and readmissions from a hospital \u0027must quarantine for 14 [days]\u0027; \u0027All long-term care facilities must conduct baseline testing for all residents and [staff]\u0027 (Section 4.0, \u0027Testing Requirements and Guidance\u0027); visitors \u0027must wear a cloth [face covering]\u0027; transportation staff \u0027must wear a facemask\u0027 and \u0027Transportation equipment shall be sanitized between transports\u0027; facilities \u0027must restrict\u0027 visitation in outbreak status and \u0027must report\u0027 outbreaks and staff cases to the health department; the facility \u0027shall report\u0027 data to NHSN. The Governor\u0027s orders made DPH long-term care directives \u0027mandatory\u0027 (Exs. GA-013, GA-028 to GA-038).","sourceUrl":"https://dph.georgia.gov/ltcfAO/download","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":845993,"grade":"primary","character":"order_operating_condition","description":"","collection":"DUT-GA","url":"/library/DUT-GA-015","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-GA-015","citation":"Georgia Department of Public Health (Kathleen E. Toomey, M.D., M.P.H., Commissioner and State Health Officer), DPH Administrative Order, Long-Term Care Facilities Reopening Guidance (Sept. 15, 2020) (Ex. DUT-GA-015)","stateName":"Georgia","related":["GA-039","GA-013","GA-028","GA-038","DUT-GA-004","DUT-GA-006"]}