The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- New Jersey - Department of Health (State health department) · New Jersey
- Level
- State
- Authority
- N.J.S.A. 26:13-12 (recited)
- Issued
- 2020-12-02 Dec. 2, 2020
- Effective
- immediately (read as 2020-12-02)
- End
- duration of the Public Health Emergency (June 4, 2021) unless continued (read as 2021-06-04)
- In force
- Dec. 2, 2020 to June 4, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Health care ordersWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- long-term care facilities licensed under N.J.S.A. 26:2H-1 et seq. and State developmental centers (N.J.S.A. 30:1-7) ('covered facilities')
- Functions reached
- IC infection control (staff and resident testing)
- HR workforce (staff testing programs)
- OF reporting
- Collection
- State health department orders to licensed settings AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS
Operative words
hereby ORDER and DIRECT the following: 1. The Department of Health shall issue a Standing Order allowing for staff, [residents and others at covered facilities to be tested without individual prescriptions]... 5. Covered facilities conducting COVID-19 testing pursuant to the Standing Order shall report the testing results to their local health department in a manner [prescribed]... This Directive shall take effect immediately.
Enforcement
N.J.S.A. 26:13-19; facility licensure (N.J.A.C. 8:39, 8:36, 8:43)
Retrieval noteDated Dec. 1-2, 2020 on its face (the recital is dated Dec. 1; the index lists Dec. 2).