{"id":"MET-AUS-034","kind":"order","level":"county","jurisdiction":"Travis County, Texas (all healthcare facilities)","state":"TX","metro":"AUS","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Austin-Travis County Health Authority (Mark E. Escott, MD, MPH, Medical Director and Interim Health Authority)","authority":"Tex. Health \u0026 Safety Code §§ 81.082 and 81.084 (control measures), as recited","instrument":"Health Authority Order of Control Measures for Healthcare Facilities","title":"Control measures on all healthcare facilities in Travis County (signage, sanitizer, symptom screening of every employee, patient, visitor and volunteer before entry; exclusion of symptomatic persons; screening and isolation plans)","dateIssued":"2020-03-13","effective":"2020-03-13","end":"","startDate":"2020-03-13","endDate":"2020-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["HC","EMP"],"addressees":["all healthcare facilities in Travis County (hospitals, clinics, physician and dental offices and other licensed facilities)"],"clause":"Pursuant to Texas Health \u0026 Safety Code §§ 81.082 and 81.084, I, the Medical Director and Health Authority for Austin Public Health, hereby issues this order imposing the following specified control measures on all healthcare facilities in Travis County: \u0027Help Prevent Disease\u0027 signage... must be displayed prominently in the facility...; Hand sanitizer must be available and supplied to employees, patients, visitors, and volunteers; The facility must symptom check all employees, patients, visitors, and volunteers prior to entry to the facility; The facility may not allow any persons into the facility who exhibit symptoms of COVID-19, unless they are patients; The facility will develop a plan to screen, identify and, when required, isolate individuals and patients presenting to healthcare facilities using CDC recommendations...","enforcement":"Tex. Health \u0026 Safety Code ch. 81 control-measure order; penalty not recited","functions":["CL/FD clinical intake and front desk: screening of every entrant","WF staff screened before entry; symptomatic staff excluded","VS visitors screened and excluded","IC infection control plans","SC signage and sanitizer supply"],"notes":"Run-up instrument (March 13, 2020) reaching every physician, dental and outpatient office in the county; no stated end date; treated as in force through 2020 Q2 at least (successor or rescission not in exhibits).","sourceUrl":"","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":114550,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-AUS","url":"/library/MET-AUS-034","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-AUS-034","citation":"Austin-Travis County Health Authority (Mark E. Escott, MD, MPH, Medical Director and Interim Health Authority), Health Authority Order of Control Measures for Healthcare Facilities (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MET-AUS-034)","stateName":"Texas","related":[]}