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Executive Directive No. 21-001 (Revised May 12, 2021; original March 22, 2021)

Visitation protocols supplementing ED 20-026 for long-term care facilities (indoor visitation by vaccination status and county positivity; testing; compassionate care)

Judith M. Persichilli, Commissioner of Health · New Jersey (Sector regulator)

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The record

Jurisdiction
New Jersey
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
N.J.S.A. 26:13-12; EO 103; P.L. 2021, c. 103, sec. 3(a)
Issued
2021-03-22 Mar. 22, 2021
Effective
2021-03-22; revised May 12, 2021 (read as 2021-03-22)
End
Continued to January 11, 2022 (P.L. 2021, c. 103, sec. 3(a); EO 252 para. 5) (read as 2022-01-11)
In force
Mar. 22, 2021 to Jan. 11, 2022
Quarters
2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Health care ordersVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolation
Addressees
  • long-term care facilities licensed under N.J.A.C. 8:43, 8:39, 8:36 and 8:37
Functions reached
  • VS visitation conditioned on testing, vaccination status and county positivity
  • IC screening and testing
  • CB families and outside providers
Collection
New Jersey NJ

Operative words

Recitals: "Executive Directive 20-013, issued on May 20, 2020, instituted a testing requirement for COVID-19 in New Jersey licensed Long-Term Care Facilities"... "on January 6, 2021, the Department of Health issued Executive Directive No. 20-026 (Revised), setting forth a phased approach to reopening facilities"... "on March 22, 2021, the Department of Health issued Executive Directive No. 21-001" [visitation protocols]. Closing: the directive remains in force "for the duration of the public health emergency originally declared in Executive Order No. 103 (2020), and as extended by Executive Order"; dated May 12, 2021.

Enforcement

Licensure; N.J.S.A. 26:13-12

Notes

Senior living: visitation remained a regulated, conditioned activity through Q3 2021 under a directive kept alive by c. 103.

Retrieval note

Read from nj.gov/health (recitals and closing; dated May 12, 2021).