{"id":"MET-MIA-060","kind":"order","level":"county","jurisdiction":"Palm Beach County, Florida","state":"FL","metro":"MIA","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"County Administrator (at the direction of the Board of County Commissioners, Aug. 17, 2021)","authority":"Palm Beach County Emergency Management Ordinance (Code ch. 9, art. II); local state of emergency declared Aug. 17, 2021","instrument":"Palm Beach County Emergency Directive 2021-A, Hospital Reporting Directive","title":"Daily hospital reporting during the Delta wave, including transfers, emergency-department bed holds, vaccination status and elective-surgery status (expressly not an emergency order limiting rights)","dateIssued":"2021-08-20","effective":"2021-08-23","end":"Terminated Oct. 19, 2021 with the local state of emergency (MET-MIA-062); in force through Sept. 30, 2021","startDate":"2021-08-23","endDate":"2021-10-19","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["HC","EMP","EMER"],"addressees":["each hospital with a location in Palm Beach County (federal hospitals excluded)"],"clause":"2. Hospital Reports Required. For the duration of this Emergency Directive 2021-A, each hospital shall report, by 11 a.m. each day, the following information from the prior day for each of its hospital location(s) physically located in Palm Beach County: a. Total staffed hospital beds;... j. Total COVID-19 positive patients currently admitted...; o. Total COVID-19 positive transfers in accepted; p. Total COVID-19 positive transfers out...; q. Emergency department bed holds; r. If available, the number of COVID-19 positive patients admitted who were fully vaccinated...; s. If available, the number... who were unvaccinated...; and t. Current status of whether hospital is conducting elective surgeries.... 5. Applicability; severability. This Directive is not, is not intended to be, and shall not be construed to be an emergency order that limits the rights or liberties of individuals or businesses within Palm Beach County.... 6. Effective date; duration. This Directive shall be effective on August 23, 2021, and shall expire upon the expiration of the existing local State of Emergency...","enforcement":"Palm Beach County Emergency Management Ordinance (recited)","functions":["IP inpatient units and surge capacity","SX elective surgery (status reporting)","ED emergency department (bed holds)","OF administration (compelled daily reporting)"],"notes":"Recitals: CDC community transmission \u0027high\u0027; 9,170 new cases in seven days (612.65 per 100,000, up 17.58 percent); Board directed the directive at its Aug. 17, 2021 meeting","sourceUrl":"","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":3160473,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-MIA","url":"/library/MET-MIA-060","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-MIA-060","citation":"County Administrator (at the direction of the Board of County Commissioners, Aug. 17, 2021), Palm Beach County Emergency Directive 2021-A, Hospital Reporting Directive (Aug. 20, 2021) (Ex. MET-MIA-060)","stateName":"Florida","related":["MET-MIA-062"]}