{"id":"NC-073","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"North Carolina","state":"NC","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Secretary of Health and Human Services Mandy Cohen","authority":"Delegations under EO 130 and 139 as extended (EO 152, 165, 177, 193, 211, 236)","instrument":"NCDHHS Secretarial Orders on long-term care facility visitation and testing (including Secretarial Order No. 3, September 4, 2020)","title":"Secretarial Orders governing visitation, testing and infection control at nursing homes and adult care homes (2020-2021)","dateIssued":"2020-09-04","effective":"2020-09-04 (No. 3: through 2020-09-22)","end":"in force as extended under EO 211 in Q3 2021 (EO 215 sec. 3.3(b))","startDate":"2020-09-04","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["HC","VAX","QUAR"],"addressees":["skilled nursing facilities","adult care homes","other licensed long-term care facilities"],"clause":"Husch Blackwell summary of Secretarial Order 3 (Sept. 4, 2020): authorized outdoor visitation at nursing homes and skilled nursing facilities meeting specific requirements (no current outbreak, testing plan, updated infection control plans, adequate PPE); EO 215 sec. 3.3(b): \u0027Additional requirements in health care settings can be found in Executive Order Nos. 130 and 139 and in the Secretarial Orders issued under Executive Order Nos. 152, 165, 177, 193, 211, and any subsequent extensions thereof.\u0027","enforcement":"Licensure conditions; G.S. 130A","functions":["VS visitation","RS residential care admissions and testing","IC infection control","HR staff testing"],"notes":"Texts not located on the current NCDHHS site; the Secretarial Orders page lists only 2022 and later directives.","sourceUrl":"https://www.huschblackwell.com/north-carolina-state-by-state-covid-19-guidance","snapshot":"","fileExists":false,"fileBytes":0,"grade":"secondary","character":"","description":"","collection":"NC","url":"/library/NC-073","exhibitUrl":null,"citation":"Secretary of Health and Human Services Mandy Cohen, NCDHHS Secretarial Orders on long-term care facility visitation and testing (including Secretarial Order No. 3, September 4, 2020) (Sept. 4, 2020) (Ex. NC-073)","stateName":"North Carolina","related":[]}