{"id":"AR-045","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Arkansas","state":"AR","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health","authority":"Ark. Code Ann. 20-7-109 to -110","instrument":"ADH-DHS Guidance for Limiting the Transmission of COVID-19 for Long-Term Care Facilities (revised March 13, 2020) (directive)","title":"Directive barring visitation and restricting entry at long-term-care facilities","dateIssued":"2020-03-13","effective":"2020-03-13","end":"Continued by EO 20-13 par. 11 and EO 20-25 par. 13; Phase 2 directive June 2020 (Ex. AR-074); amended Oct. 6, 2020 (Ex. AR-064)","startDate":"2020-03-13","endDate":"2020-10-06","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["HC"],"addressees":["nursing homes, assisted-living and residential-care facilities"],"clause":"Effective immediately, the Arkansas Department of Health directs all long-term care facilities to prohibit all visitation until further notice unless medically necessary or by law enforcement or other emergency personnel, a representative from the Arkansas Department of Health, a representative from the Arkansas Department of Human Services Office of Long-term Care, or a representative from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This prohibition shall begin on March 13, 2020, and remain in effect until further notice.... The Arkansas Department of Health also directs all long-term care facilities to screen all visitors and employees... The facility shall restrict work for any employee meeting any one of the screening criteria. For employees, screening shall be done prior to every shift.","enforcement":"Ark. Code Ann. 20-7-101 misdemeanor; EO 20-13 par. 11 (\u0027The directives of the Arkansas Department of Health issued on March 13, 2020, regarding long term health facilities shall remain in effect for the duration of this order\u0027)","functions":["VS visitation","RS residential care (admissions, cohorting)","HC in-home and hospice visits to facilities","DN dining and activities"],"notes":"Titled \u0027Guidance\u0027 but operative in mandatory terms (\u0027directs... to prohibit all visitation\u0027; \u0027shall\u0027); EO 20-13 par. 11 and EO 20-25 par. 13 continued \u0027The directives of the Arkansas Department of Health issued on March 13, 2020, regarding long term health facilities\u0027; superseded Oct. 6, 2020 (Ex. AR-064). Screening criteria include international travel within 14 days and contact with a confirmed case.","sourceUrl":"https://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/images/uploads/pdf/ADH_LTC_Directive_Revised_2020-03-13_(002).pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200420000000/https://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/images/uploads/pdf/ADH_LTC_Directive_Revised_2020-03-13_(002).pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":197631,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AR","url":"/library/AR-045","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AR-045","citation":"Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH-DHS Guidance for Limiting the Transmission of COVID-19 for Long-Term Care Facilities (revised March 13, 2020) (directive) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AR-045)","stateName":"Arkansas","related":["AR-074","AR-064","AR-044","AR-042","AR-035","AR-036","AR-037","AR-038","AR-043","AR-040","AR-041","AR-046"]}