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Long-Term Care Facility Visitation Guidelines (LTCF_Visitation.pdf), updated June 15, 2020

Tennessee Department of Health guidelines to permit limited visitation within long-term care facilities

Tennessee Department of Health · Tennessee (Sector regulator)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Tennessee
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
Executive Order No. 49 ¶ 6.a.ii (incorporating the Department's visitation guidelines by reference); Board for Licensing Health Care Facilities regulations
Issued
2020-06-15 June 15, 2020
Effective
June 15, 2020 (with EO 49) (read as 2020-06-15)
End
Carried by EO 50, 59, 63, 67, 73 to Feb. 27, 2021; superseded thereafter by CMS QSO-20-39-NH as revised (read as 2021-02-27)
In force
June 15, 2020 to Feb. 27, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1
Limitation types
Health care ordersWorkplace rulesOther
Addressees
  • nursing homes, retirement homes, long-term care and assisted-living facilities
Functions reached
  • VS visitation conditioned on facility-wide testing and 28 days without a case
  • IC weekly staff testing (nursing homes)
  • HR staff movement restricted
  • RS admissions and operations
Collection
Tennessee TN

Operative words

in accordance with executive order of the governor, TDH has established the following guidelines to permit limited visitation within Facilities. Persons should not visit a Resident in a Facility unless... Facility Prerequisites for Visitation: 1. Facility has completed one-time COVID-19 testing of all residents and all full-time, part-time and contracted employees ('Staff'), pursuant to Board for Licensing Health Care Facilities regulations. 2. Facility maintains compliance with Board for Licensing Health Care Facilities regulations regarding weekly staff testing (nursing homes only). 3. Facility has not had a new case of COVID-19 in staff or residents in the last 28 days... 4. Facility is able to maintain staffing levels without resorting to crisis capacity strategies... c. Facilities shall at all times follow the Health Guidelines and any other infection control rules, policies, or recommendations or guidance set forth by TDH... d. Facilities shall take reasonable steps to minimize the movement of staff to more than one Facility location

Enforcement

Binding through EO 49 ¶ 6 (Tenn. Code Ann. § 58-2-120) and Board for Licensing Health Care Facilities regulations

Notes

The State's long-term-care visitation regime June 15, 2020-Feb. 27, 2021

Retrieval note

Each page bears 'Updated June 15, 2020'.

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