QSO-20-39-NH

The record

Jurisdiction

United States (Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes)

Level

Sector regulator

Authority

42 C.F.R. 483.10(f)(4) (resident right to visitors subject to reasonable clinical and safety restrictions); 483.80

Issued

2020-09-17 Sept. 17, 2020

Effective

2020-09-17

End

Revised Mar. 10, 2021, Apr. 27, 2021 (Ex. SEC-04-003), Nov. 12, 2021 (Ex. SEC-04-077); expired May 1, 2023 (read as 2021-03-10)

In force

Sept. 17, 2020 to Mar. 10, 2021

Quarters

2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Gathering capHealth care ordersWorkplace rules

Addressees

• State Survey Agency Directors
• nursing homes

Functions reached

• VS visitation conditional on county positivity and 14 days without cases
• DN group activities under core principles
• RS outbreak testing status controls admissions and visits
• IN entry screening
• CB

Collection

Home Care, Nursing and Senior Living SEC-04

Operative words

This memorandum supersedes and replaces previously issued guidance and recommendations regarding visitation.... fully open and unrestricted visitation posed a clinical health and safety risk to other residents during this PHE, and therefore, it was reasonable to place limits on visitation.... Outdoor visitation is preferred... Facilities should allow indoor visitation... [only where] there has been no new onset of COVID-19 cases in the last 14 days and the facility is not currently conducting outbreak testing;... county positivity rate... Compassionate care visits... Core principles of COVID-19 infection prevention [screening, hand hygiene, face covering, physical distancing, cleaning].

Enforcement

Notes