{"id":"MET-CHI-002","kind":"order","level":"city","jurisdiction":"City of Chicago, Illinois","state":"IL","metro":"CHI","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Commissioner of Health of the City of Chicago, Chicago Department of Public Health","authority":"Municipal Code of Chicago secs. 2-112-030, 2-112-080, 2-112-160(a)(4), 2-112-170; 77 Ill. Adm. Code 690.1310(c)","instrument":"Public Health Order No. 2020-2","title":"Duties of Hospitals and Other Congregate Facilities","dateIssued":"2020-03-19","effective":"2020-03-19","end":"","startDate":"2020-03-19","endDate":"2020-05-12","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["HC","EMP"],"addressees":["all acute care and long-term hospitals in the City","schools, jails, congregate facilities"],"clause":"All acute care and long-term hospitals located within the City shall immediately: (1) adopt and implement administrative and personal protective equipment (\u0027PPE\u0027) control policies...; (2) postpone elective surgeries and medical procedures; (3) implement a strict visitor policy in hospitals and clinics...; (4) implement a policy to limit entry into patient rooms of COVID-19 patients to essential healthcare workers only...; and (5) implement a policy to check employees for symptoms of COVID-19 at the start and end of each shift.","enforcement":"Municipal Code of Chicago ch. 2-112; daily reporting to CDPH; cluster reporting within 24 hours","functions":["SX surgery and elective procedures","VS visitation","IC infection control and screening","HR","CB patients"],"notes":"Chicago\u0027s own elective-procedure postponement order, issued the day the Governor\u0027s statewide elective-procedure guidance followed; every hospital, clinic and referring practice in the City was reached","sourceUrl":"https://www.chicago.gov/content/dam/city/depts/cdph/HealthProtectionandResponse/CDPHOrderDutiesofHospitalsFinal3.19.20.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200324163615/https://www.chicago.gov/content/dam/city/depts/cdph/HealthProtectionandResponse/CDPHOrderDutiesofHospitalsFinal3.19.20.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":46418,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-CHI","url":"/library/MET-CHI-002","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-CHI-002","citation":"Commissioner of Health of the City of Chicago, Chicago Department of Public Health, Public Health Order No. 2020-2 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. MET-CHI-002)","stateName":"Illinois","related":[]}