{"id":"NM-002","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"New Mexico","state":"NM","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Secretary of Health Kathyleen M. Kunkel (at the Governor\u0027s direction)","authority":"Public Health Act, NMSA 1978, Sections 24-1-1 to -40; Public Health Emergency Response Act, Sections 12-10A-1 to -19; EO 2020-004","instrument":"Public Health Emergency Order restricting visitation at nursing facilities (Mar. 13, 2020)","title":"Public Health Emergency Order limiting visitors at nursing facilities and congregate care settings due to COVID-19","dateIssued":"2020-03-13","effective":"2020-03-13 (immediately)","end":"Duration of EO 2020-004; superseded by later facility orders (Apr. 5, 2021 LTC visitation order recited in NM-060)","startDate":"2020-03-13","endDate":"2021-04-05","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1"],"types":["HC"],"addressees":["nursing facilities","visitors"],"clause":"(b) All visitors entering a facility must thoroughly wash their hands upon entry, or use alcohol-based hand sanitizer containing at least 60% alcohol if soap and water are not available; (c) All visitors must have no fever (body temperature below 100 degrees Fahrenheit)... This Order shall remain in effect for the duration of Executive Order 2020-004.","enforcement":"Public Health Act, NMSA 1978, Section 24-1-21; Section 12-10A-19","functions":["VS visitation","RS residential care admissions","IN intake","CB residents and families"],"notes":"File name on cv.nmhealth.org is 031320-DOH-PHO; the order recites ten confirmed cases \u0027as of March 13, 2020\u0027. Governor\u0027s Mar. 14, 2020 release: nursing homes to limit most visitors.","sourceUrl":"https://cv.nmhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/031320-DOH-PHO-r.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200407103416/https://cv.nmhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/031320-DOH-PHO-r.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":595131,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"NM","url":"/library/NM-002","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/NM-002","citation":"Secretary of Health Kathyleen M. Kunkel (at the Governor\u0027s direction), Public Health Emergency Order restricting visitation at nursing facilities (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. NM-002)","stateName":"New Mexico","related":["NM-060"]}