{"id":"OH-049","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Ohio","state":"OH","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Stephanie McCloud, Director, Ohio Department of Health","authority":"R.C. 3701.13; R.C. Chapter 3721","instrument":"Director\u0027s Amended Order for the Testing of the Residents and Staff of all Nursing Homes","title":"Director\u0027s Amended Order for the Testing of the Residents and Staff of all Nursing Homes","dateIssued":"2021-05-04","effective":"2021-05-04 (immediately)","end":"2022-07-01 12:01 a.m. (rescinded, Ex. OH-073 para. 2)","startDate":"2021-05-04","endDate":"2022-07-01","quarters":["2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["HC","VAX","QUAR"],"addressees":["every nursing home licensed by ODH or certified by CMS or Ohio Medicaid"],"clause":"1. Effective immediately each nursing home licensed by ODH or certified by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) or by the Ohio Department of Medicaid, shall perform COVID-19 testing for residents and staff.... a. Fully vaccinated staff do not have to be routinely tested.... b. All unvaccinated staff shall be tested at least twice per week.... c. Regardless of vaccination status, staff and residents with symptoms or signs of COVID-19 shall be tested. d. Regardless of vaccination status, all staff and residents shall be tested upon identification of a single new case of COVID-19 infection in any staff or resident... Exposed residents and staff should be retested every 3 days to 7 days until testing identifies no new cases of COVID-19 for a period of 14 days.... Accordingly, this Order shall replace all prior Orders regarding testing at Ohio\u0027s Nursing Homes. This Order shall be effective immediately and remain in full force and effect until the Director of the Ohio Department of Health rescinds or modifies this Order...","enforcement":"R.C. 3701.352 and 3701.99(C); R.C. Chapter 3721 licensure","functions":["IC infection control and staff testing (twice weekly for unvaccinated staff)","HR staffing (vaccination-status-based testing)","RS residential care operations","WF"],"notes":"The principal State instrument in force throughout 2021 Q3; the July 1, 2022 rescission (Ex. OH-073) dates the nursing-home testing orders \u0027May 21, 2020, and March 23, 2021\u0027 and omits May 4, 2021, a discrepancy in ODH\u0027s own recital; the May 4, 2021 order states that it \u0027shall replace all prior Orders regarding testing at Ohio\u0027s Nursing Homes.\u0027","sourceUrl":"https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/OHOOD/2021/05/04/file_attachments/1799109/Director%27s%20Order%20Testing%20of%20Residents%20and%20Staff%20all%20Nursing%20Homes%2005.04.2021.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":1102691,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"OH","url":"/library/OH-049","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/OH-049","citation":"Stephanie McCloud, Director, Ohio Department of Health, Director\u0027s Amended Order for the Testing of the Residents and Staff of all Nursing Homes (May 4, 2021) (Ex. OH-049)","stateName":"Ohio","related":["OH-073","OH-079","OH-071","OH-076","OH-048","OH-047","OH-046","OH-050","OH-070","OH-075","OH-051","OH-103"]}