{"id":"LA-050","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Louisiana","state":"LA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Louisiana Department of Health; Jimmy Guidry, M.D., State Health Officer","authority":"La. R.S. 40:1 et seq., 40:4(A)(13), 40:5(A)(2); CMS QSO-20-39-NH","instrument":"LDH State Health Officer Order - Nursing Home Visitation; Adult Residential Care Provider Visitation; ICF/DD Visitation","title":"Healthcare Facility Notice/Order: State Health Officer Order on (1) Nursing Home Visitation (2) Adult Residential Care Provider Visitation (3) ICF/DD Visitation","dateIssued":"2020-09-18","effective":"2020-09-18 5:00 p.m.","end":"\u0027until further notice from the State Health Officer\u0027","startDate":"2020-09-18","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["HC","QUAR"],"addressees":["all licensed nursing facilities","all licensed adult residential care providers","all ICF/DD facilities"],"clause":"All Nursing Facilities licensed in Louisiana, All Adult Residential Care Providers licensed in Louisiana, and all Intermediate Care Facilities for Persons with Developmental Disabilities (ICF/DDs) are mandated and directed to follow the provisions of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), QSO-20-39-NH, entitled \u0027Nursing Home Visitation - COVID-19\u0027, as issued on September 17, 2020.... Each nursing facility, each adult residential care provider, and each ICF/DD shall revise its current visitation policy and procedure to reflect these new CMS provisions; such revisions shall include... a visitor\u0027s log","enforcement":"State Health Officer emergency order; Sanitary Code; licensure","functions":["VS visitation (indoor visitation conditioned on county positivity, outbreak status and testing)","RS residential care","IC infection control","HC in-home and hospice access to residents"],"notes":"Makes the CMS visitation memorandum a State order for non-Medicare facilities as well; in force through 2021 Q3.","sourceUrl":"https://ldh.la.gov/assets/oph/Coronavirus/NursingHomes/NH-ARCP-ICF-SHO-Order-9182020.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":718988,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"LA","url":"/library/LA-050","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/LA-050","citation":"Louisiana Department of Health; Jimmy Guidry, M.D., State Health Officer, LDH State Health Officer Order - Nursing Home Visitation; Adult Residential Care Provider Visitation; ICF/DD Visitation (Sept. 18, 2020) (Ex. LA-050)","stateName":"Louisiana","related":["LA-049"]}