{"id":"GA-013","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Georgia","state":"GA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Brian P. Kemp","authority":"O.C.G.A. 38-3-51(d)(1), (i); 31-2A-4; 31-12-4","instrument":"Executive Order 04.08.20.03","title":"Ensuring the safety of employees and residents of nursing homes and long-term care facilities in response to COVID-19","dateIssued":"2020-04-08","effective":"2020-04-08","end":"2020-09-15 11:59 P.M. (stated expiry Apr. 30, 2020; extended with the PHE; expiry fixed by EO 09.30.20.02, Ex. GA-028 at 28)","startDate":"2020-04-08","endDate":"2020-09-15","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3"],"types":["HC","EMP","QUAR"],"addressees":["intermediate care facilities, personal care homes, skilled nursing facilities, nursing homes, inpatient hospice, assisted living communities, community living arrangements, community integration homes"],"clause":"That Facilities shall implement the following protocols. 1. Adhere to the guidelines for non-critical infrastructure businesses issued in Executive Order 04.02.20.01. 2. Adhere to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Centers for Medicare \u0026 Medicaid Services, and Georgia Department of Public Health guidance. 3. Adopt an infectious disease transfer communication protocol with local hospitals... Prohibit all visitors and non-essential personnel, except [enumerated]... Georgia National Guard directives and guidance shall be mandatory","enforcement":"Violation a misdemeanor; DPH may assume management of a noncomplying facility (38-3-51(i)); DPS to assist","functions":["RS residential care admissions and cohorting","VS visitation prohibited","IC infection control and staff screening","IN intake from hospitals","HR staffing","CB families"],"notes":"Long-term-care mandates continued inside every Empowering a Healthy Georgia order after Sept. 15, 2020, with DPH directives \u0027mandatory for all Long-Term Care Facilities\u0027 through June 30, 2021 (Exs. GA-028, GA-034, GA-035, GA-038).","sourceUrl":"https://gov.georgia.gov/document/2020-executive-order/04082003/download","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":215800,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"GA","url":"/library/GA-013","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/GA-013","citation":"Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 04.08.20.03 (Apr. 8, 2020) (Ex. GA-013)","stateName":"Georgia","related":["GA-028","GA-034","GA-035","GA-038","DUT-GA-015","GA-012","GA-014","GA-015","GA-010","GA-011","GA-016","GA-021"]}