{"id":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-015","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Pennsylvania - Department of Health (State health department)","state":"PA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS","eco":"","issuer":"Alison V. Beam, Acting 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 Acting Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Authorizing COVID-19 Diagnostic Rapid Antigen Testing in K-12 Schools","title":"Order Authorizing COVID-19 Diagnostic Rapid Antigen Testing in K-12 Schools (Statement of Assurances; authorized vendor portal reporting; schools without assurances must hold a CLIA certificate and State laboratory permit)","dateIssued":"2021-08-31","effective":"immediately (Aug. 31, 2021)","end":"\u0027until further notice\u0027","startDate":"2021-08-31","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["SCH","HC","EMP","OTHER"],"addressees":["K-12 schools (public, private, charter) electing to conduct antigen testing","the Department\u0027s authorized testing vendor"],"clause":"Accordingly, on this day, August 31, 2021, to prevent and control the spread of disease, I hereby order:... Section 2: Submission of Statement of Assurances... the School must complete and submit a Statement of Assurances... Section 3: Additional Requirements. A. Authorized Schools must comply with all requirements set forth in the Statement of Assurances... B. Authorized Schools must utilize the Authorized Vendor\u0027s portal to report all individual [results]... Schools that do not complete and submit a Statement of Assurances to the Department must obtain a CLIA Certificate and State [laboratory permit]... Section 4: Effective Date and Duration. This Order shall take effect immediately and shall remain in effect until further notice.","enforcement":"35 P.S. § 521.20; laboratory permitting under the Clinical Laboratory Act","functions":["DX diagnostics (school testing programs)","WF workforce (parents; school-day continuity)","OF reporting"],"notes":"Companion to the Acting Secretary\u0027s Aug. 31, 2021 school face-covering order (PA file; ECO-B-087).","sourceUrl":"https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/Documents/Diseases%20and%20Conditions/SOH%20Order%20School%20COVID-19%20Testing.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20211001/https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/Documents/Diseases%20and%20Conditions/SOH%20Order%20School%20COVID-19%20Testing.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":158038,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-015","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-015","citation":"Alison V. Beam, Acting Secretary of Health, Order of the Acting Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Authorizing COVID-19 Diagnostic Rapid Antigen Testing in K-12 Schools (Aug. 31, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-015)","stateName":"Pennsylvania","related":["ECO-B-087","AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-007","AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-008","AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-068","AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-010"]}