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Ex. KY-029 Order Primary source read

CHFS Order of September 10, 2020 further modifying the March 23, 2020 directives (bundled with the Apr. 27, May 1, May 8 and May 27, 2020 health-care orders)

Health-care directives: surgical volume, pre-procedure testing, 30 percent reserved bed capacity, 14-day PPE supply, waiting-room elimination, screening, universal masking, one visitor per patient

Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Public Health (Secretary Friedlander; Commissioner Stack) · Kentucky (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Kentucky
Level
State
Authority
KRS ch. 39A; KRS 194A.025, 214.020; EO 2020-215
Issued
2020-09-10 Sept. 10, 2020
Effective
2020-09-10
End
CHFS health-care orders rescinded with the implementing orders June 11, 2021 (EO 2021-386 para. 1) to the extent they implemented the rescinded orders; masks in health-care settings continued under EO 2021-326 and 2021-386 to Sept. 7, 2021 (read as 2021-06-11)
In force
Sept. 10, 2020 to June 11, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Capacity limitFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesSupply chain
Addressees
  • hospitals
  • surgical and procedural facilities
  • all health-care offices and facilities
Functions reached
  • SX surgery volume
  • IP inpatient capacity (30 percent reserved)
  • IC infection control
  • VS visitation
  • SC PPE 14-day supply
  • CL waiting rooms
  • CB patients
Collection
Kentucky KY

Operative words

On May 27, 2020 non-emergent/non-urgent inpatient surgery and procedures resumed at a volume to be determined by each facility but in compliance with the other requirements within this order; All surgical/procedural patients must have a COVID-19 pre-procedure screening and/or testing... Acute care hospitals must maintain at least 30% bed capacity, per their facility surge plan;... Each facility must maintain a 14-day supply of all necessary Personal Protective Equipment... All providers must eliminate traditional waiting/common seating areas... All healthcare providers and staff must wear surgical/procedural masks... A healthcare facility may permit a patient to have a single (one) visitor/support person

Enforcement

Directive of the Governor's designee under KRS ch. 39A

Notes

The bundle's later pages are the May 8, 2020 order (outpatient surgery May 6; inpatient 50 percent May 13; full May 27) and the Apr. 27 order (KY-015)

Retrieval note

Scanned 12-page bundle; OCR sidecar.