{"id":"MET-SEA-048","kind":"order","level":"county","jurisdiction":"King County, Washington","state":"WA","metro":"SEA","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Dr. Jeff Duchin, Local Health Officer, Public Health - Seattle \u0026 King County","authority":"RCW 70.05.070(2)-(3); WAC 246-100-036","instrument":"Amended Local Health Officer Order (isolation, quarantine and recovery facilities; homelessness de-intensification; behavioral health)","title":"Amended Local Health Officer Order","dateIssued":"2020-05-20","effective":"2020-05-20","end":"\u0027This Order shall EXPIRE upon determination by the Local Health Officer that there is no longer a need for assessment and quarantine, and isolation and congregate recovery due to COVID-19\u0027","startDate":"2020-05-20","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["QUAR","HC","OTHER"],"addressees":["King County through the Executive; the cities and towns of King County"],"clause":"THEREFORE, as the Local Health Officer for King County, I hereby ORDER that King County, through the Executive or his designee, as well as the local cities and towns, are authorized to use legally available resources, whether owned, leased, rented, gifted, loaned, or otherwise provided, for the purpose of assessment and temporary quarantine of persons suspected of being infected with COVID-19, for the temporary isolation and recovery of persons confirmed to be infected with COVID-19, and for the temporary sheltering of first responders and medical professionals... I further hereby ORDER that King County... are authorized to use legally available resources to: de-intensify or reduce the density of existing homelessness shelters and encampments, as well as other essential programs such as food services and sobering centers...","enforcement":"Order of the Local Health Officer; authorizes the County\u0027s isolation and quarantine hotels and de-intensification sites (the hotels the County leased in 2020-2021)","functions":["LG lodging (hotels converted to isolation, quarantine and de-intensification use)","HC health care","WF"],"notes":"Recites \u0027a deficit of rental lodging options suitable for quarantine, isolation, or congregate recovery\u0027 and that the federal and State governments asked the County to develop non-congregate sheltering \u0027at the very onset of the outbreak\u0027. Amends an earlier order of the same title (original date not stated in the text read).","sourceUrl":"https://www.kingcounty.gov/depts/health/covid-19/~/media/depts/health/communicable-diseases/documents/c19/Amended-Local-Health-Officer-Order.ashx","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200602104453/https://www.kingcounty.gov/depts/health/covid-19/~/media/depts/health/communicable-diseases/documents/c19/Amended-Local-Health-Officer-Order.ashx","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":167378,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-SEA","url":"/library/MET-SEA-048","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-SEA-048","citation":"Dr. Jeff Duchin, Local Health Officer, Public Health - Seattle \u0026 King County, Amended Local Health Officer Order (isolation, quarantine and recovery facilities; homelessness de-intensification; behavioral health) (May 20, 2020) (Ex. MET-SEA-048)","stateName":"Washington","related":["MET-SEA-050","MET-SEA-047","MET-SEA-049","MET-SEA-008"]}