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Ex. MET-RIV-027 Order Primary source read

Order of the Health Officer... Requirements for All Individuals Entering Certain Licensed Facilities and Other Agencies Who Are Not a Patient, Existing Resident or New Resident: Temperature Screening and Self-Evaluation; Masking of All Staff While in Facility; Avoiding Staff Working in Multiple Facilities (updated May 8, 2020)

Updated Licensed Facilities order (May 8, 2020)

Acting Health Officer Erin Gustafson, M.D., MPH · San Bernardino County, California (County)

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Jurisdiction
San Bernardino County, California · Riverside-San Bernardino · California
Level
County
Authority
Cal. Health & Safety Code 101040, 101085, 120175; 17 C.C.R. 2501; San Bernardino County Code 31.0101 et seq.
Issued
2020-05-08 May 8, 2020
Effective
2020-05-08 12:00 p.m., continuing until rescinded (read as 2020-05-08)
End
Superseded and replaced June 15, 2021 (Ex. 031) (read as 2021-06-15)
In force
May 8, 2020 to June 15, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
Addressees
  • licensed facilities and other agencies listed in Attachment A (skilled nursing, residential care, hospitals, congregate settings)
  • their staff, service providers, vendors, contractors and visitors
  • in-home and community service providers
Functions reached
  • IC infection control (screening, masking, N95 use)
  • HC in-home and community visits (service providers screened before providing services in the community)
  • VS visitation
  • SC vendors and contractors
  • HR staffing across facilities
  • WF exclusion of symptomatic staff
Collection
Riverside-San Bernardino MET-RIV

Operative words

1. Self-Evaluation. All staff, service providers, vendors, or contractors, shall self-evaluate for mild to moderate symptoms listed in Attachment B prior to entering Licensed Facilities or Other Agencies, listed in Attachment A, or providing services in the community. Individuals that are experiencing these symptoms shall stay at home... 2. Temperature screening. All staff, visitors, service providers, vendors, contractors, or any other individual entering Licensed Facilities or Other Agencies listed in Attachment A shall submit to a temperature screening... No individual shall progress beyond the temperature screening area, or provide services in the community, for a Licensed Facility or Other Agency... if a temperature screening of the individual is 100.0 F or 37.8 C or greater... 3. Face Coverings and Respirators. All individuals shall wear face coverings... at all times while in the facility. Healthcare professionals (HCP)... shall wear an N-95 respirator, when available, while caring for patients.

Enforcement

Crime punishable by fine, imprisonment, or both (Health & Safety Code 120295; County Code 31.0101 et seq.)

Notes

Reached home health and home care agencies and hospice providers serving licensed facilities and 'providing services in the community'; the County's single longest-running facility mandate (May 8, 2020 to June 15, 2021).