{"id":"OH-075","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 Seventh Amended Order to Permit Access to Ohio\u0027s Nursing Homes, with Exceptions","title":"Director\u0027s Seventh Amended Order to Permit Access to Ohio\u0027s Nursing Homes, with Exceptions","dateIssued":"2021-03-22","effective":"2021-03-22 (immediately)","end":"2021-06-18 12:01 p.m. (rescinded, Ex. OH-051 para. 2)","startDate":"2021-03-22","endDate":"2021-06-18","quarters":["2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["HC","VAX"],"addressees":["all nursing homes as defined in R.C. 3721.01"],"clause":"1.... this Order shall replace all prior Orders regarding visitation in Ohio\u0027s nursing homes. Accordingly, it shall permit access to personnel who are necessary for the operations of nursing homes and permit access to visitors in the circumstances set forth below.... 4. All individuals and personnel must be screened for COVID-19 each time they enter the facility.... 9. In order to comply with CMS guidance, nursing homes shall permit residents to have visitors in [the circumstances set forth]... Nursing homes may not permit any visitation to occur if visitors are not wearing a [facial covering]...","enforcement":"R.C. 3701.352 and 3701.99(C); R.C. Chapter 3721 licensure","functions":["VS visitation (required under conditions; screening, masks, scheduling, logging)","IC screening","HR","CR clergy"],"notes":"Companion Amended Order to Permit Access to Residential Care Facilities of the same date (not separately retrieved; rescinded by Ex. OH-051 para. 1). Governor\u0027s release of Mar. 22, 2021: vaccinated staff tested weekly, unvaccinated twice weekly (verified_secondary).","sourceUrl":"https://coronavirus.ohio.gov/static/publicorders/amended-do-permit-access-nursing-homes-wexc-3-19-21-reader.pdf","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20210329190018/https://coronavirus.ohio.gov/static/publicorders/amended-do-permit-access-nursing-homes-wexc-3-19-21-reader.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":252421,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"OH","url":"/library/OH-075","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/OH-075","citation":"Stephanie McCloud, Director, Ohio Department of Health, Director\u0027s Seventh Amended Order to Permit Access to Ohio\u0027s Nursing Homes, with Exceptions (Mar. 22, 2021) (Ex. OH-075)","stateName":"Ohio","related":["OH-051","OH-009","OH-102","OH-103","OH-046","OH-070","OH-047","OH-043","OH-044","OH-077","OH-049","OH-071"]}