{"id":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-014","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 Directing Long-Term Care Facilities to Implement Measures for Use and Distribution of Personal Protective Equipment","title":"Order Directing Long-Term Care Facilities to Implement Measures for Use and Distribution of PPE (written PPE policies; NIOSH-approved respirators distributed before each shift)","dateIssued":"2020-08-17","effective":"compliance from 12:01 a.m. Aug. 18, 2020","end":"not stated","startDate":"2020-08-18","endDate":"2021-06-30","quarters":["2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["HC","EMP"],"addressees":["skilled nursing facilities, personal care homes, assisted living residences and intermediate care facilities (as defined in Section 1)"],"clause":"Section 2: Measures for Distribution and Use of PPE. A. Each facility shall develop, implement, and adhere to policies and procedures that [provide for the distribution and use of PPE]... B. The policies and procedures must, at a minimum, include distribution of respirators... distributed by each facility must be National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health [approved]... distribution must occur prior to the beginning of the staff member\u0027s shift, and the respirator must be replaced as soon as practical if the facility is notified by a staff member that their mask has become soiled, damaged, or otherwise ineffective. Section 2: Effective Date. Compliance with this Order shall begin at 12:01 a.m. on August 18, 2020.","enforcement":"35 P.S. § 521.20; facility licensure","functions":["IC infection control","SC PPE supply (per-shift respirator supply)","OF administration (written policies)"],"notes":"Recites the June 8 and June 26, 2020 universal-testing orders (PA file) and the July 15, 2020 mitigation orders as its predicate.","sourceUrl":"https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/Documents/Diseases%20and%20Conditions/Order%20of%20the%20Secretary%20on%20PPE%20Distribution%20in%20LTCFs.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":108018,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-014","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-014","citation":"Rachel Levine, MD, Secretary of Health, Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Directing Long-Term Care Facilities to Implement Measures for Use and Distribution of Personal Protective Equipment (Aug. 17, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-014)","stateName":"Pennsylvania","related":["AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-013"]}