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Ex. VT-074 Order Primary source read

COVID-19 Advisory Memorandum, COVID-19 Contact Tracing for Fall 2021

Schools to conduct internal contact tracing and issue Health Department quarantine letters to close contacts

Secretary of Education French and Commissioner of Health Levine · Vermont (State)

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Jurisdiction
Vermont
Level
State
Authority
Advisory; 18 V.S.A. ch. 21 (Health Department contact tracing)
Issued
2021-08-19 Aug. 19, 2021
Effective
Effective immediately (memo dated Aug. 19, 2021; posted Aug. 20) (read as 2021-08-19)
End
Updated Sept. 23, 2021 (read as 2021-09-23)
In force
Aug. 19, 2021 to Sept. 23, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitation types
Schools and child careQuarantine and isolation
Addressees
  • PreK-12 schools
  • students and staff identified as close contacts
Functions reached
  • WF workforce (parents of quarantined students; quarantined staff)
  • IN instruction
  • QUAR
Collection
Vermont VT

Operative words

PreK-12 schools will conduct internal contact tracing investigations when a student or staff was present in school or was at a school event while infectious... Notify close contacts at the school of their exposure using the 'quarantine letter' provided by the Health Department and provide testing guidance as needed.

Enforcement

Health Department contact tracing and quarantine recommendations administered through schools

Notes

Third-quarter 2021 quarantine mechanism for exposed students and staff.

Retrieval note

File name carries the AOE posting date (Aug. 20, 2021); the memo is dated Aug. 19, 2021.