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Director's Order to Facilities to Notify Residents, Guardians and Sponsor of Positive or Probable Cases of COVID-19

Director's Order to Facilities to Notify Residents, Guardians and Sponsor of Positive or Probable Cases of COVID-19

Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health · Ohio (State)

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Jurisdiction
Ohio
Level
State
Authority
R.C. 3701.13; R.C. 3701.14
Issued
2020-04-15 Apr. 15, 2020
Effective
2020-04-15 (immediately) (read as 2020-04-15)
End
'until the State of Emergency declared by the Governor no longer exists' (para. 7): June 18, 2021 (read as 2021-06-18)
In force
Apr. 15, 2020 to June 18, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Health care orders
Addressees
  • nursing homes
  • residential care facilities
  • licensed developmental-disability residential facilities
Functions reached
  • IC infection control and reporting
  • RS residential care
  • OF administration
Collection
Ohio OH

Operative words

1. All nursing homes and residential care facilities in the State of Ohio shall notify the residents, the residents' sponsor and/or the residents' guardians of positive or probable cases of COVID-19 within the facility.... 3. The notification shall be provided no later than 24 hours after the facility is notified of its first confirmed or probable case of COVID-19.

Enforcement

R.C. 3701.352 and 3701.99(C); R.C. Chapter 3721

Notes

ODH archive filename 'SignedNursingHomeOrder-041520'; NGA dates the announcement Apr. 13, 2020.

Retrieval note

Scanned; page 1 read visually.