{"id":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-086","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"California - Department of Public Health, Center for Health Care Quality (State health department; health-facility licensing)","state":"CA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS","eco":"","issuer":"California Department of Public Health, Center for Health Care Quality","authority":"Health \u0026 Safety Code § 1275 et seq.; the Aug. 5, 2021 State Public Health Officer Order (recited in revision.9)","instrument":"AFL 20-22.9, Guidance for Limiting the Transmission of COVID-19 in Skilled Nursing Facilities (revision of Aug. 12, 2021; series begun March 2020)","title":"Skilled nursing facilities: visitation rules; from Aug. 12, 2021 visitors who are unvaccinated or incompletely vaccinated must show documentation of a negative test for indoor visitation; facilities must have a plan for tracking verified visitor vaccination status and must document verification","dateIssued":"2021-08-12","effective":"2021-08-12 (visitor verification per the Aug. 5, 2021 Public Health Officer Order, effective Aug. 11, 2021)","end":"revised further in 2021-2022","startDate":"2021-08-12","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["OTHER","VAX","HC","TRAV"],"addressees":["all skilled nursing facilities licensed by CDPH"],"clause":"Visitors who are unvaccinated or incompletely vaccinated must show documentation of a [negative COVID-19 test]... [Facilities] must have a plan in place for tracking verified visitor vaccination status. Documentation of the verification must be [maintained]... Visitors that are unvaccinated or incompletely vaccinated and are seeking indoor visitation must show [proof of a negative test]; the test used must either have Emergency Use Authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration or be operating [under a laboratory-developed test]... Facilities shall conduct visitation through different means based on the facility\u0027s structure and residents\u0027 needs.","enforcement":"Health \u0026 Safety Code §§ 1280.1 (administrative penalties), 1290; § 120295 (violation of a public health order)","functions":["VS visitation (vaccination or test verification at the door)","IC infection control","OF documentation (verification plans and records)","CB families"],"notes":"The live CDPH page is the current text of the series (revision.9 of Aug. 12, 2021); earlier revisions imposed the March 2020 visitation restrictions.","sourceUrl":"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CHCQ/LCP/Pages/AFL-20-22.aspx","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":216197,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-086","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-086","citation":"California Department of Public Health, Center for Health Care Quality, AFL 20-22.9, Guidance for Limiting the Transmission of COVID-19 in Skilled Nursing Facilities (revision of Aug. 12, 2021; series begun March 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-086)","stateName":"California","related":[]}