The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Pennsylvania - Department of Health (State health department) · Pennsylvania
- Level
- State
- Authority
- 35 P.S. § 521.5; 71 P.S. §§ 532(a), 536 (recited)
- Issued
- 2020-10-13 Oct. 13, 2020
- Effective
- 12:01 a.m. Oct. 15, 2020 (read as 2020-10-15)
- End
- 'until further notice' (in force through Sept. 30, 2021) (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Oct. 15, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Health care ordersWorkplace rulesOther
- Addressees
- health care providers, practitioners and other entities (including employers, schools and congregate settings) performing point-of-care antigen tests
- clinical laboratories performing antigen tests
- Functions reached
- DX diagnostics (point-of-care antigen testing programs)
- HR screening (employer testing programs became reporting entities)
- OF reporting
- Collection
- State health department orders to licensed settings AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS
Operative words
Accordingly, on this day, October 13, 2020, in order to prevent and control the spread of disease, I hereby order:... Section 2. Reporting of Antigen Test Results... ii. Report all antigen test results in accordance with the law and the direction of the Department as defined in HAN 531 (relating to guidance for reporting point of care SARS-CoV-2 [antigen tests])... B. A clinical laboratory that is performing antigen tests shall report all [results]... Section 3. Effective Date and Duration: This Order is effective at 12:01 a.m. on October 15, 2020 and will remain in effect until further notice.
Enforcement
35 P.S. § 521.20 (the order recites that COVID-19 is a reportable disease under 35 P.S. §§ 521.2 and 521.4 and the regulations)
Notes
Reaches every employer, school, nursing home and clinic that ran point-of-care antigen testing in Pennsylvania from Oct. 15, 2020.