Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Requiring Hospitals to Implement Measures to Protect Hospital Staff and Patients

The record

Jurisdiction

Pennsylvania - Department of Health (State health department) · Pennsylvania

Level

State

Authority

35 P.S. § 521.5; 71 P.S. § 532(a), 1403(a); 28 Pa. Code § 27.60 (recited)

Issued

2020-06-09 June 9, 2020

Effective

compliance from 12:01 a.m. June 10, 2020; policies implemented by 12:01 a.m. June 15, 2020 (read as 2020-06-10)

End

not stated; the PA file records the mitigation orders' termination in 2021 (read as 2021-06-30)

In force

June 10, 2020 to June 30, 2021

Quarters

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Health care ordersWorkplace rules

Addressees

• each hospital licensed by the Department

Functions reached

• IC infection control (staff exposure notification, respirator distribution)
• SC PPE supply
• HR workforce policies
• OF administration

Collection

State health department orders to licensed settings AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS

Operative words

Section 2: Measures to Protect Hospital Staff and Patients. A. Each hospital licensed by the Department shall develop, implement and adhere to policies and procedures... The policies and procedures must be developed in consultation with the medical staff... and implemented by 12:01 a.m. on June 15, 2020. The policies and procedures must, at a minimum, provide for the following: [notification of] their 'close contacts', as defined by the Department's Health Alert Network (PA-HAN) 510 or its successor, which is hereby incorporated by reference... [respirators] distributed by hospitals must be National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health [approved]... [distributed at the start] of the hospital staff member's shift and the respirator must be replaced as [soon as practical]... Section 2: Effective Date. Compliance with this Order shall begin at 12:01 a.m. on June 10, 2020.

Enforcement

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