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Proclamation 20-10

Amending Proclamations 20-05 through 20-09: long-term care workers and facilities (expansion of 20-06 to adult family homes; statutory waivers)

Governor Jay Inslee · Washington (State)

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Jurisdiction
Washington
Level
State
Authority
RCW 43.06.220(1)(h) and (2); chapters 38.08, 38.52, 43.06 RCW
Issued
2020-03-13 Mar. 13, 2020
Effective
2020-03-13
End
Waivers to midnight April 9, 2020 by their terms; extended by legislative leadership and 20-52 et seq.; superseded by 20-66 (Aug. 7, 2020) (read as 2020-09-30)
In force
Mar. 13, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q3
Limitation types
Health care orders
Addressees
  • adult family homes
  • nursing homes
  • assisted living facilities
  • long-term care workers
Functions reached
  • RS residential care
  • HR credentialing
  • VS
  • WF
Collection
Washington WA

Operative words

Proclamation 20-06 is amended to expand the application of its prohibitions to include adult family homes... [and] the language of each statutory and regulatory provision specified below is hereby waived and suspended in its entirety until midnight on [April 9, 2020] (including RCW 18.88B.021(1), waiving only 'within two hundred calendar days' for long-term care worker certification)

Enforcement

RCW 43.06.220(5); DSHS licensing

Notes

Extended the visitation and screening prohibitions to adult family homes and relaxed worker-certification timelines to keep long-term care staffed.

Retrieval note

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