{"id":"DE-062","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Delaware","state":"DE","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Molly K. Magarik, Cabinet Secretary, Department of Health and Social Services (Division of Health Care Quality)","authority":"16 Del. C. § 1119C; 29 Del. C. § 10119","instrument":"Emergency Secretary\u0027s Order amending 16 DE Admin. Code 4407, Hospital Standards (Construction, Maintenance, and Operation), § 6.0 (25 Del. Reg. 29 (July 1, 2021))","title":"DHSS Emergency Secretary\u0027s Order: every hospital must expand its infection prevention and control program on CDC guidance with a comprehensive plan and immediate corrective mechanisms","dateIssued":"2021-06-17","effective":"2021-07-01 (120 days)","end":"2021-10-28 (renewable once for 60 days); supplemented by DE-047 effective Sept. 30, 2021","startDate":"2021-07-01","endDate":"2021-10-28","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["HC","EMP"],"addressees":["every licensed hospital"],"clause":"\u0027A comprehensive infection control and prevention program based upon guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention... is imperative\u0027; § 6.0 \u0027which expand infection prevention and control program requirements\u0027 is temporarily modified to require a plan \u0027that result[s] in immediate action to take preventive or corrective measures that improve the hospital\u0027s infection control outcomes.\u0027 \u0027This Emergency Order shall take effect on July 1, 2021 and shall remain in effect for 120 days.... It is hereby ordered, this 17th day of June, 2021.\u0027","enforcement":"Hospital licensure under 16 Del. C. ch. 10 and 16 DE Admin. Code 4407; 29 Del. C. § 10119","functions":["IC hospital infection control program in force every day of 2021 Q3"],"notes":"Hospital-sector regulator instrument in force July 1-Oct. 28, 2021.","sourceUrl":"https://archive.regulations.delaware.gov/register/july2021/emergency/25%20DE%20Reg%2029%2007-01-21.htm","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":303850,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"DE","url":"/library/DE-062","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DE-062","citation":"Molly K. Magarik, Cabinet Secretary, Department of Health and Social Services (Division of Health Care Quality), Emergency Secretary\u0027s Order amending 16 DE Admin. Code 4407, Hospital Standards (Construction, Maintenance, and Operation), § 6.0 (25 Del. Reg. 29 (July 1, 2021)) (June 17, 2021) (Ex. DE-062)","stateName":"Delaware","related":["DE-047","DE-061","DE-063"]}