{"id":"MET-LA-024","kind":"order","level":"county","jurisdiction":"Los Angeles County Public Health Jurisdiction","state":"CA","metro":"LA","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"County of Los Angeles Health Officer","authority":"Cal. Health \u0026 Safety Code secs. 101040, 101085, 120175","instrument":"Order of the Health Officer for Control of COVID-19: Prevention of COVID-19 Transmission in Skilled Nursing Facilities (Revised Order Issued Oct. 5, 2020)","title":"Order of the Health Officer for Control of COVID-19: Prevention of COVID-19 Transmission in Skilled Nursing Facilities","dateIssued":"2020-10-05","effective":"2020-10-05 (immediately); \u0027in effect until rescinded by the Health Officer\u0027","end":"Revised Dec. 2020, Apr. 2021, Dec. 2021 and later (in force throughout 2021)","startDate":"2020-10-05","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["HC","EMP","MASK","QUAR","VAX"],"addressees":["all licensed skilled nursing facilities in the County jurisdiction","their staff, contractors and visitors"],"clause":"the Health Officer hereby orders all licensed skilled nursing facilities... a. No one other than staff, first responders, contracted healthcare professionals... b. The Facility shall require all persons to submit to entry screening... 3. Visitation: a. Visitation should only be resumed and conducted in compliance with LA County Department of Public Health... b. The Facility must also submit a completed and signed Self-assessment and Attestation... 5. Maintain Separate Areas and Staff for Patients with or Suspected of Having COVID-19... 6. All Facility Staff and Residents Must Wear Appropriate Personal Protective Equipment","enforcement":"Cal. Health \u0026 Safety Code sec. 120295","functions":["VS visitation","IC screening, PPE, cohorting","HR staff return-to-work rules","RS admissions","SC PPE"],"notes":"Supersedes Ex. MET-LA-066 as to SNFs; reached every vendor, therapist, hospice and staffing agency entering a SNF","sourceUrl":"http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/media/Coronavirus/docs/HOO/HOO_SkilledNursingFacilities.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20201008112248/http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/media/Coronavirus/docs/HOO/HOO_SkilledNursingFacilities.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":239448,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-LA","url":"/library/MET-LA-024","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-LA-024","citation":"County of Los Angeles Health Officer, Order of the Health Officer for Control of COVID-19: Prevention of COVID-19 Transmission in Skilled Nursing Facilities (Revised Order Issued Oct. 5, 2020) (Ex. MET-LA-024)","stateName":"California","related":["MET-LA-066","MET-LA-010","MET-LA-011","MET-LA-009","MET-LA-008","MET-LA-012"]}