{"id":"PA-047","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Pennsylvania","state":"PA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Pennsylvania Department of Health (Acting Secretary Alison Beam), Health Alert Network","authority":"Department of Health directive; 28 Pa. Code §§ 27.60-27.68 (isolation and quarantine)","instrument":"PA-HAN-596, UPDATE: Work Restrictions for Healthcare Personnel with Exposure to COVID-19 (replaces PA-HAN-569)","title":"2021-PAHAN-596-9-16-UPD","dateIssued":"2021-09-16","effective":"2021-09-16","end":"Replaced by PA-HAN-616 (Dec. 2021)","startDate":"2021-09-16","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["HC","QUAR","EMP"],"addressees":["healthcare facilities and personnel"],"clause":"Following any of the higher-risk exposures outlined above, most asymptomatic HCP who are not considered fully vaccinated... nor have a history of COVID-19 in the prior 3 months, should follow guidance in PA-HAN-566 or its successor to quarantine at home AND be excluded from work for 14 days.... For exposed HCP who are neither considered fully vaccinated nor have a history of COVID-19 in the prior 3 months, exclude HCP with a higher-risk exposure for 14 days following the last date of exposure unless the facility is implementing strategies for mitigating staffing shortages.... Asymptomatic HCP with a higher-risk exposure, regardless of vaccination status, should have a series of two viral tests for SARS-CoV-2 infection.","enforcement":"Department of Health directive to licensed facilities; occupational health programs; complements the federal OSHA Healthcare ETS medical-removal rule (29 C.F.R. § 1910.502)","functions":["WF exposed staff excluded 14 days","HR staffing","IC"],"notes":"Known correction (i) applied: PA-HAN-596 is dated Sept. 16, 2021.","sourceUrl":"https://www.pa.gov/content/dam/copapwp-pagov/en/health/documents/topics/documents/han/2021-596-9-16-UPD-Work%20Restrict.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":422348,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"PA","url":"/library/PA-047","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/PA-047","citation":"Pennsylvania Department of Health (Acting Secretary Alison Beam), Health Alert Network, PA-HAN-596, UPDATE: Work Restrictions for Healthcare Personnel with Exposure to COVID-19 (replaces PA-HAN-569) (Sept. 16, 2021) (Ex. PA-047)","stateName":"Pennsylvania","related":["PA-048"]}