{"id":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-100","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Michigan - Department of Health and Human Services (State health department)","state":"MI","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS","eco":"","issuer":"Robert Gordon, Director, MDHHS","authority":"MCL 333.2253 (recited, with In re Certified Questions, No. 161492 (Mich. Oct. 2, 2020))","instrument":"Emergency Order Under MCL 333.2253 - Testing of State of Michigan Nursing Home Inspectors (LARA)","title":"State nursing-home inspectors (LARA surveyors) must be tested for COVID-19 before entering nursing homes; rescinds the prior inspector-testing order; in effect until May 1, 2021","dateIssued":"2021-01-11","effective":"immediately","end":"May 1, 2021 \u0027unless otherwise rescinded\u0027","startDate":"2021-01-11","endDate":"2021-05-01","quarters":["2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["HC","EMP","TRAV"],"addressees":["State of Michigan nursing home inspectors (Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs)","nursing homes receiving them"],"clause":"MCL 333.2253(1) provides that \u0027[i]f the director determines that control of an epidemic is necessary to protect the public health, the director by emergency order may prohibit the gathering of [people for any purpose and may establish procedures]... [Inspectors must be tested before entering nursing homes as set out]... (b) Under MCL 333.2235(1), local health departments are authorized to carry out and enforce [this order]... (c) Consistent with MCL 333.2261, violation of this order is a misdemeanor punishable by [imprisonment for not more than 6 months, or a fine of not more than $200, or both]... This order is effective immediately and remains in effect until May 1, 2021, unless otherwise rescinded. Date: January 11, 2021","enforcement":"MCL 333.2261 (recited: misdemeanor); MCL 333.2235(1) (local enforcement)","functions":["IC infection control (entry of State surveyors conditioned on testing)","HR State workforce","RS nursing home operations (survey visits)"],"notes":"","sourceUrl":"https://www.michigan.gov/documents/coronavirus/2021.01.11__-_MDHHS_epidemic_order_-_LARA_Inspectors_signed_712663_7.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210323/https://www.michigan.gov/documents/coronavirus/2021.01.11__-_MDHHS_epidemic_order_-_LARA_Inspectors_signed_712663_7.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":263587,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-100","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-100","citation":"Robert Gordon, Director, MDHHS, Emergency Order Under MCL 333.2253 - Testing of State of Michigan Nursing Home Inspectors (LARA) (Jan. 11, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-100)","stateName":"Michigan","related":[]}