{"id":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-013","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Pennsylvania - Department of Health (State health department)","state":"PA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS","eco":"","issuer":"Rachel Levine, MD, Secretary of Health","authority":"35 P.S. § 521.5; 71 P.S. § 532(a), 1403(a); 28 Pa. Code § 27.60 (recited)","instrument":"Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Requiring Hospitals to Implement Measures to Protect Hospital Staff and Patients","title":"Order Requiring Hospitals to Implement Measures to Protect Hospital Staff and Patients (close-contact notification policies under PA-HAN 510; N95 respirator distribution at the start of every shift)","dateIssued":"2020-06-09","effective":"compliance from 12:01 a.m. June 10, 2020; policies implemented by 12:01 a.m. June 15, 2020","end":"not stated; the PA file records the mitigation orders\u0027 termination in 2021","startDate":"2020-06-10","endDate":"2021-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["HC","EMP"],"addressees":["each hospital licensed by the Department"],"clause":"Section 2: Measures to Protect Hospital Staff and Patients. A. Each hospital licensed by the Department shall develop, implement and adhere to policies and procedures... The policies and procedures must be developed in consultation with the medical staff... and implemented by 12:01 a.m. on June 15, 2020. The policies and procedures must, at a minimum, provide for the following: [notification of] their \u0027close contacts\u0027, as defined by the Department\u0027s Health Alert Network (PA-HAN) 510 or its successor, which is hereby incorporated by reference... [respirators] distributed by hospitals must be National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health [approved]... [distributed at the start] of the hospital staff member\u0027s shift and the respirator must be replaced as [soon as practical]... Section 2: Effective Date. Compliance with this Order shall begin at 12:01 a.m. on June 10, 2020.","enforcement":"35 P.S. § 521.20; hospital licensure (Health Care Facilities Act)","functions":["IC infection control (staff exposure notification, respirator distribution)","SC PPE supply","HR workforce policies","OF administration"],"notes":"Compelled a written policy, exposure notification and per-shift N95 distribution in every licensed hospital from June 10, 2020.","sourceUrl":"https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/Documents/Diseases%20and%20Conditions/Order%20of%20the%20Secretary%20Hospital%20Staff%20Protection.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":177023,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-013","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-013","citation":"Rachel Levine, MD, Secretary of Health, Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Requiring Hospitals to Implement Measures to Protect Hospital Staff and Patients (June 9, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-013)","stateName":"Pennsylvania","related":["AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-014","AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-018","AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-070"]}