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MDHHS Emergency Order: Requirements for Residential Care Facilities

Residential care facilities order of May 21, 2021 (visitation, testing, PPE, isolation and reporting requirements)

Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (Director Elizabeth Hertel) · Michigan (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Michigan
Level
State
Authority
MCL 333.2253; MCL 333.2261
Issued
2021-05-21 May 21, 2021
Effective
2021-05-21
End
In force through 2021 Q3 (the State's guidance to the order was updated November 13, 2021 and an amendment issued later; not rescinded before September 30, 2021) (read as 2021-11-13)
In force
May 21, 2021 to Nov. 13, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Health care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationOther
Addressees
  • nursing homes
  • homes for the aged
  • adult foster care facilities
  • hospice residences
  • assisted living
Functions reached
  • RS residential operations
  • VS visitation (screening, masks, outbreak restrictions)
  • IC infection control and staff testing
  • IN admissions and transfers
  • DN communal dining and activities
Collection
Michigan MI

Operative words

1(a) Residential care facilities (hereafter referred to as 'facilities' in this order) shall comply with the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services guidance included in QSO-20-39-NH. Consistent with that guidance, facilities shall: (1) Make efforts to allow communal dining and group activities to occur for those residents who are not in isolation... (2) Ensure that dining and group activities: (A) Have adequate physical distancing, at least six feet between participants, any time a resident who is not fully vaccinated is present. (B) Require participating residents to wear masks, if able, when not eating or drinking, any time a resident who is not fully vaccinated is present.... (3) Inform employees and residents of the presence of a confirmed COVID-19 positive [employee or resident, with notice displayed] until 14 days after the last positive COVID-19 test result... (e) The March 17, 2021 order entitled 'Requirements for residential care facilities' is rescinded as of the effective date of this order.... This Order is effective immediately.

Enforcement

MCL 333.2261 misdemeanor; LARA licensing

Notes

Effective immediately on May 21, 2021 with no sunset clause; rescinds the March 17, 2021 order. The principal MDHHS force-of-law instrument in force on July 1 and September 30, 2021: every nursing home, home for the aged and adult foster care facility in Michigan operated under it throughout 2021 Q3 (the guidance file 'Residential_Care_Facilities_May_21_2021_Order_Guidance_updated_11_13_2021' and the later 'Amendment to 5-21-21 COVID-19 RCF order' in the State's index confirm continuity).

Retrieval note

Existence, title, date and continuity confirmed from the State's archived document index (order, guidance updated 11-13-2021, later amendment); text not read in-session. Retrieved and read in-session (late retrieval).

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