{"id":"SEC-04-043","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"New Jersey","state":"NJ","metro":"","industry":"04","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Commissioner of Health","authority":"N.J.S.A. 26:13-1 et seq.; Executive Order No. 103; CMS QSO-20-30-NH framework","instrument":"Executive Directive No. 20-026","title":"Resumption of Services in All Long-Term Care Facilities","dateIssued":"2020-08-20","effective":"2020-08-20","end":"Superseded by Executive Directive 21-012 (post-period; revised Apr. 21 and Dec. 22, 2022)","startDate":"2020-08-20","endDate":"2022-12-22","quarters":["2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["HC","GATH","EMP","QUAR"],"addressees":["all long-term care facilities licensed under N.J.A.C. 8:43, 8:36, 8:39, 8:37"],"clause":"WHEREAS, resumption of services for LTCFs requires a phased in approach, based on each [facility\u0027s outbreak status, testing and staffing]... [facilities that cannot meet the criteria revert] to the maximum restrictions of Phase zero (0), as described herein. Phases per this Directive: Phase 0: Any facility with an active outbreak of COVID-19, as defined by the [Communicable Disease Service] Manual Chapter, any facility that cannot attest to criteria to advance phases, and all [facilities at the outset]... Phase 1: Facilities that never had an outbreak or that concluded an outbreak... Phase 2... Phase 3... [with visitation, communal dining, group activities and non-essential personnel entry expanding by phase, weekly staff testing and attestation].","enforcement":"N.J.S.A. 26:13-19 et seq.; licensure","functions":["VS","DN","RS","IN","IC weekly testing","HR","CB"],"notes":"New Jersey\u0027s operative long-term care regime through Q3 2021.","sourceUrl":"https://www.nj.gov/health/legal/covid19/8-20_ExecutiveDirectiveNo20-026_LTCResumption_of_Svcs.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":519895,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-04","url":"/library/SEC-04-043","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-04-043","citation":"Commissioner of Health, Executive Directive No. 20-026 (Aug. 20, 2020) (Ex. SEC-04-043)","stateName":"New Jersey","related":["SEC-04-GM-004"]}