{"id":"AR-064","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Arkansas","state":"AR","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Arkansas Department of Health","authority":"Ark. Code Ann. 20-7-109 to -110; 20-10-101(10)","instrument":"Revised Visitation, Screening, and Staffing Directive for Long-term Care Facilities (October 6, 2020)","title":"Long-term-care visitation prohibited except as allowed; screening; expanded visitation only in facilities meeting conditions","dateIssued":"2020-10-06","effective":"2020-10-06","end":"Superseded by the Dec. 23, 2020 revision (Ex. AR-068)","startDate":"2020-10-06","endDate":"2020-12-23","quarters":["2020Q4"],"types":["HC"],"addressees":["nursing homes, assisted living, intermediate care, residential care and post-acute head injury facilities"],"clause":"All long-term care facilities must prohibit all visitation except as allowed by this directive. This directive supersedes the directives on visitation, screening, and staffing in nursing homes previously issued by the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH), including the Guidance for Limiting the Transmission of COVID-19 for Long-term Care Facilities (Revised March 13, 2020) and the Requirements for Facilities to Expand Visitation, Activities, and Communal Dining (Revised July 22, 2020).... Long-term care facilities must allow all visitation that is medically necessary and all visitation by law enforcement, emergency personnel, representatives from Disability Rights of Arkansas, or representatives from government regulatory agencies","enforcement":"Ark. Code Ann. 20-7-101 misdemeanor; DHS licensure (\u0027required to comply with applicable infectious disease requirements issued by ADH\u0027)","functions":["VS visitation","RS residential care","HC visits by outside providers","DN communal dining","IC screening"],"notes":"","sourceUrl":"https://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/images/uploads/pdf/ADH_LTC_Visitation_Directive_amended_10.6.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20201016173427/https://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/images/uploads/pdf/ADH_LTC_Visitation_Directive_amended_10.6.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":461083,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AR","url":"/library/AR-064","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AR-064","citation":"Arkansas Department of Health, Revised Visitation, Screening, and Staffing Directive for Long-term Care Facilities (October 6, 2020) (Oct. 6, 2020) (Ex. AR-064)","stateName":"Arkansas","related":["AR-068","AR-045","AR-074"]}