{"id":"TN-052","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Tennessee","state":"TN","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Tennessee Department of Health","authority":"Executive Order No. 49 ¶ 6.a.ii (incorporating the Department\u0027s visitation guidelines by reference); Board for Licensing Health Care Facilities regulations","instrument":"Long-Term Care Facility Visitation Guidelines (LTCF_Visitation.pdf), updated June 15, 2020","title":"Tennessee Department of Health guidelines to permit limited visitation within long-term care facilities","dateIssued":"2020-06-15","effective":"June 15, 2020 (with EO 49)","end":"Carried by EO 50, 59, 63, 67, 73 to Feb. 27, 2021; superseded thereafter by CMS QSO-20-39-NH as revised","startDate":"2020-06-15","endDate":"2021-02-27","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1"],"types":["HC","OTHER","EMP"],"addressees":["nursing homes, retirement homes, long-term care and assisted-living facilities"],"clause":"in accordance with executive order of the governor, TDH has established the following guidelines to permit limited visitation within Facilities. Persons should not visit a Resident in a Facility unless... Facility Prerequisites for Visitation: 1. Facility has completed one-time COVID-19 testing of all residents and all full-time, part-time and contracted employees (\u0027Staff\u0027), pursuant to Board for Licensing Health Care Facilities regulations. 2. Facility maintains compliance with Board for Licensing Health Care Facilities regulations regarding weekly staff testing (nursing homes only). 3. Facility has not had a new case of COVID-19 in staff or residents in the last 28 days... 4. Facility is able to maintain staffing levels without resorting to crisis capacity strategies... c. Facilities shall at all times follow the Health Guidelines and any other infection control rules, policies, or recommendations or guidance set forth by TDH... d. Facilities shall take reasonable steps to minimize the movement of staff to more than one Facility location","enforcement":"Binding through EO 49 ¶ 6 (Tenn. Code Ann. § 58-2-120) and Board for Licensing Health Care Facilities regulations","functions":["VS visitation conditioned on facility-wide testing and 28 days without a case","IC weekly staff testing (nursing homes)","HR staff movement restricted","RS admissions and operations"],"notes":"The State\u0027s long-term-care visitation regime June 15, 2020-Feb. 27, 2021","sourceUrl":"https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/health/documents/cedep/novel-coronavirus/LTCF_Visitation.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200803140400/https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/health/documents/cedep/novel-coronavirus/LTCF_Visitation.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":170485,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"TN","url":"/library/TN-052","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/TN-052","citation":"Tennessee Department of Health, Long-Term Care Facility Visitation Guidelines (LTCF_Visitation.pdf), updated June 15, 2020 (Ex. TN-052)","stateName":"Tennessee","related":["TN-019"]}