{"id":"NV-069","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Nevada","state":"NV","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public and Behavioral Health (Chief Medical Officer Ihsan Azzam)","authority":"Directive 048; NRS ch. 441A","instrument":"Directive 048 Full Guidance: 2021-22 COVID-19 Guidelines for Prevention and Outbreak Control in School Settings","title":"School masking, testing, isolation, quarantine and outbreak-control requirements for 2021-22","dateIssued":"2021-08-04","effective":"2021-08-04","end":"Updated through the 2021-22 school year","startDate":"2021-08-04","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["SCH","MASK","QUAR","VAX"],"addressees":["county school districts, charter and private schools","local health authorities"],"clause":"This document is intended to provide guidance regarding important prevention measures recommended to be in place within routine school opening plans, as well as outbreak mitigation requirements should a school experience an outbreak.... In order to accomplish full in-person learning, limited social distancing measures will be in place, as compared to the 2020-21 school year. This reduction in mitigation, along with low vaccination rates, and the emergence of Variants of Concern which have higher transmission rates, make the implementation of other mitigation measures, such as mask use, even more important.","enforcement":"Directive 048 ss. 5-6 (mandatory masking, testing, outbreak masking imposed by local health authorities)","functions":["IN","WF (quarantine of exposed students)","AC"],"notes":"Ten pages; the quarantine and isolation rules for exposed students bear on parents\u0027 workforce availability in Q3 2021.","sourceUrl":"https://nvhealthresponse.nv.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2021-22-School-COVID-Guidance_Final_8.4.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210804233138/https://nvhealthresponse.nv.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2021-22-School-COVID-Guidance_Final_8.4.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":775292,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"NV","url":"/library/NV-069","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/NV-069","citation":"Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public and Behavioral Health (Chief Medical Officer Ihsan Azzam), Directive 048 Full Guidance: 2021-22 COVID-19 Guidelines for Prevention and Outbreak Control in School Settings (Aug. 4, 2021) (Ex. NV-069)","stateName":"Nevada","related":["NV-042"]}