{"id":"AR-068","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 (December 23, 2020)","title":"Long-term-care visitation directive in force through 2021","dateIssued":"2020-12-23","effective":"2020-12-23","end":"Revised Nov. 12, 2021 (ADH file \u0027LTC_ADH_Visitation_Guidance_Revised_111221\u0027); in force through Q3 2021","startDate":"2020-12-23","endDate":"2021-11-12","quarters":["2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["HC"],"addressees":["long-term-care facilities"],"clause":"All long-term care facilities must prohibit all visitation except as allowed by this directive.... 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... long-term care facilities must require all persons to pass visitation screening and wear personal protective equipment (PPE)","enforcement":"Ark. Code Ann. 20-7-101 misdemeanor; DHS licensure","functions":["VS visitation","RS residential care","HC outside providers","IC screening and PPE"],"notes":"The version linked from the ADH page in Feb.-Mar. 2021; whether ADH directives retained force after the emergency\u0027s May 30, 2021 expiry is addressed in caveats.","sourceUrl":"https://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/images/uploads/pdf/LTC_ADH_VisitationDirectiveRevise12.23.20corrected.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210308213912/https://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/images/uploads/pdf/LTC_ADH_VisitationDirectiveRevise12.23.20corrected.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":266147,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AR","url":"/library/AR-068","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AR-068","citation":"Arkansas Department of Health, Revised Visitation, Screening, and Staffing Directive for Long-term Care Facilities (December 23, 2020) (Dec. 23, 2020) (Ex. AR-068)","stateName":"Arkansas","related":["AR-064","AR-069"]}