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Ex. MET-PHL-004 Order Primary source read

Emergency Order Concerning Operation of Long-Term Care Facilities

Emergency Order Concerning Operation of Long-Term Care Facilities and Activities of Residents to Prevent the Spread of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPH, Health Commissioner; adopted by Board of Health regulation Apr. 23, 2020 (effective Apr. 23, 2020) · City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (City)

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Jurisdiction
City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Philadelphia · Pennsylvania
Level
City
Authority
Philadelphia Code sections 6-205 and 6-206; Board of Health regulation of Mar. 26, 2020 authorizing further Commissioner's orders
Issued
2020-04-08 Apr. 8, 2020
Effective
2020-04-08 (facility policies required within 48 hours) (read as 2020-04-08)
End
2020-09-23 (rescinded, Ex. MET-PHL-009) (read as 2020-09-23)
In force
Apr. 8, 2020 to Sept. 23, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q3
Limitation types
Stay-at-homeHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
Addressees
  • nursing homes, assisted living, rehabilitation and similar long-term care facilities in the City
  • their residents and employees
Functions reached
  • RS residential care admissions and movement
  • VS visitation
  • IN intake and referrals from facilities
  • IC infection control and staff rules
  • CB patients and families
Collection
Philadelphia MET-PHL

Operative words

[OCR] Section 2. Stay at Home Order. All residents of Long-Term Care Facilities shall remain at the facility where such individual is a resident unless they are engaged in a Life-Sustaining LTCF Activity, as defined in this Order. Section 3. Required Procedures for Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 at Long-Term Care Facilities. A. All Long-Term Care Facilities shall adopt and enforce policies, within 48 hours, to prevent the spread of COVID-19 that, at a minimum, include the following: 1. A requirement that all residents of the facility: i. remain on the grounds of the facility as a condition of continued residency... 3. A requirement that all employees of the facility must adhere to all guidance provided by the Department to Long-Term Care Facilities and to Health Care Providers, as it may be amended, which is expressly incorporated in to this order by reference...

Enforcement

Orders to cease operations; penalties, fines and license suspensions under Philadelphia Code sections 6-205 and 6-206 and the Apr. 29, 2020 fines regulation

Notes

Counterparty instrument for home care, hospice, physicians, pharmacies, therapists, food-service and laundry vendors serving Philadelphia facilities

Retrieval note

Scanned PDF; the Apr. 23, 2020 Board adoption date is recited in Ex. MET-PHL-070.