{"id":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-062","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"New Jersey - Department of Health (State health department)","state":"NJ","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS","eco":"","issuer":"New Jersey Department of Health","authority":"Health Care Facilities Planning Act licensure and the Emergency Health Powers Act","instrument":"Mandatory Guidelines for Visitors and Facility Staff (supersedes the March 13, 2020 visitation guidance)","title":"Mandatory Guidelines for Visitors and Facility Staff at long-term care and pediatric transitional care facilities effective Mar. 16, 2020 (no resident visitors except end-of-life; screening and restriction of staff; volunteers restricted)","dateIssued":"2020-03-16","effective":"2020-03-16 \u0027and until lifted by the Department of Health\u0027","end":"superseded by Executive Directives 20-017 (NJ-071, June 19, 2020) and 21-001 (NJ-078)","startDate":"2020-03-16","endDate":"2020-06-19","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["HC","TRAV","GATH","EMP"],"addressees":["nursing homes, assisted living residences, dementia care homes, pediatric transitional care homes and similar licensed facilities"],"clause":"Effective March 16, 2020 and until lifted by the Department of Health (Department), the following screening and restriction requirements for all visitors to your facility shall be implemented by your facility. Effective March 16, 2020 and until further notice by the Department, the following screening and restriction requirements for facility staff shall be implemented by your facility.... 1. Limiting Resident Visitation. No resident visitors shall be permitted in the facility except for end-of-life situations.... a. Until further notice of the Department of Health, volunteers shall be restricted.","enforcement":"Facility licensure (N.J.S.A. 26:2H-13, -14); N.J.S.A. 26:13-19","functions":["VS visitation (barred except end-of-life)","HR staff screening and exclusion","VL volunteers (barred)","CB families"],"notes":"The first New Jersey long-term-care visitation ban, in force from Mar. 16, 2020 into the second quarter of 2020.","sourceUrl":"https://www.nj.gov/health/legal/covid19/3-16-2020_MandatoryGuidelinesforVisitors_andFacilityStaff_%20Supersedes3-13-2020Guidelines.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":2886156,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-062","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-062","citation":"New Jersey Department of Health, Mandatory Guidelines for Visitors and Facility Staff (supersedes the March 13, 2020 visitation guidance) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-062)","stateName":"New Jersey","related":["NJ-071","NJ-078"]}