{"id":"MET-SAN-024","kind":"order","level":"county","jurisdiction":"San Diego County, California","state":"CA","metro":"SAN","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Wilma J. Wooten, M.D., M.P.H., Public Health Officer, County of San Diego","authority":"Cal. Health \u0026 Safety Code §§ 101040, 101030, 120175, 120215, 120220, 120225","instrument":"Order of the Health Officer (Quarantine of Persons Exposed to COVID-19), dated Apr. 5, 2021 as revised July 22, 2021 (version in force July 22-Sept. 30, 2021 and beyond; earlier versions from Apr. 2020; superseded July 6, 2022)","title":"Order of the Health Officer (Quarantine of Persons Exposed to COVID-19)","dateIssued":"2021-07-22","effective":"2021-07-22 (the Apr. 5, 2021 version governed July 1-21, 2021)","end":"2022-07-06 (superseded by the July 6, 2022 version)","startDate":"2021-07-22","endDate":"2022-07-06","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["QUAR","EMP","HC"],"addressees":["all persons not fully vaccinated who have had close contact with a COVID-19 patient","health-care, emergency-response and social-service employers (return-to-work rules)"],"clause":"All persons not fully vaccinated without COVID-19 symptoms who have had close contact with a COVID-19 Patient must immediately take the following actions: 1. Quarantine themselves in their home or another residence for at least 10 days and up to 14 days after the last contact with a COVID-19 Patient.... b. During critical staffing shortages when there are not enough staff to provide safe patient care, healthcare workers, emergency response, and social service workers who work face to face with clients in the child welfare or long term care setting are able to work after Day 7 from the date of last exposure if they have received a negative PCR test result from a specimen collected on or after Day 5 and continue to be asymptomatic.... c. Health care employers with critical staffing shortages... may use Contingency Capacity Strategies as described by CDC...","enforcement":"Health \u0026 Safety Code § 120295; quarantine powers under §§ 120215-120225","functions":["WF every unvaccinated exposed employee removed from the workplace for 10 to 14 days","HR staffing of hospitals, long-term care, emergency response and social services","IC infection control","CB customers and clients under quarantine"],"notes":"Third-quarter-2021 local instrument with force of law in every San Diego County workplace. The Limited Order (Ex. MET-SAN-022) preserved the Apr. 5, 2021 version; the July 22, 2021 revision (footer \u0027Health Officer Quarantine Order July 22, 2021\u0027) added the fully-vaccinated exemption and the health-care return-to-work rules.","sourceUrl":"https://www.sandiegocounty.gov/content/dam/sdc/hhsa/programs/phs/Epidemiology/covid19/HealthOfficerOrder-Quarantine.pdf","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20210901/https://www.sandiegocounty.gov/content/dam/sdc/hhsa/programs/phs/Epidemiology/covid19/HealthOfficerOrder-Quarantine.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":355449,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-SAN","url":"/library/MET-SAN-024","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-SAN-024","citation":"Wilma J. Wooten, M.D., M.P.H., Public Health Officer, County of San Diego, Order of the Health Officer (Quarantine of Persons Exposed to COVID-19), dated Apr. 5, 2021 as revised July 22, 2021 (version in force July 22-Sept. 30, 2021 and beyond; earlier versions from Apr. 2020; superseded July 6, 2022) (Ex. MET-SAN-024)","stateName":"California","related":["MET-SAN-022","SEC-06-GM-003","SEC-06-GM-028","SEC-09-GM-030","SEC-24-GM-009"]}