{"id":"MET-PDX-042","kind":"order","level":"county","jurisdiction":"Clark County, Washington","state":"OR","metro":"PDX","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Clark County Public Health (Dr. Alan Melnick, health officer and director), adopting Washington DOH and CDC options","authority":"RCW 70.05.070; WAC 246-100; Washington DOH adoption of CDC\u0027s Dec. 2, 2020 shortened-quarantine options","instrument":"Adoption of shortened quarantine options for close contacts outside high-priority settings (10 days without symptoms; 7 days with a negative test on or after day 5), Dec. 9, 2020; full 14 days retained for long-term care, health care, food processing, jail, school and child-care workers","title":"Clark County adopts shortened COVID-19 quarantine options for some close contacts","dateIssued":"2020-12-09","effective":"2020-12-09","end":"Continued under DOH guidance through 2021 (end not in this set)","startDate":"2020-12-09","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["QUAR","HC"],"addressees":["close contacts of positive cases in Clark County","workers in long-term care, health care, food processing, the jail, schools and child care (14 days)"],"clause":"Close contacts should stay home and monitor themselves for symptoms of COVID-19. They should not go to work, school, church or child care, and should avoid public places for 14 days after their last exposure... People who live or work in a high-priority setting should quarantine for the full 14-day period... High-priority settings include long-term care facilities, health care facilities, food processing facilities, the jail, schools and child care facilities. People who are in quarantine and do not live or work in a high-priority setting may shorten their quarantine in the following circumstances: If a person who is in quarantine has no symptoms, quarantine can end after Day 10. If a person who is in quarantine receives a negative COVID-19 test and has no symptoms, quarantine can end after Day 7. The person must be tested on or after Day 5, and quarantine cannot be discontinued earlier than Day 8.","enforcement":"Local health officer quarantine authority (WAC 246-100-040); stated as options and recommendations","functions":["WF workforce absence (10-14 days per exposure)","PK food-processing workers (full 14 days)","IC health care and long-term care workers (full 14 days)","IN school and child-care staff (full 14 days)"],"notes":"Quarantine rules for exposed workers in Clark County from Dec. 9, 2020 into 2021; a workforce (WF) instrument for every employer.","sourceUrl":"","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":401119,"grade":"secondary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-PDX","url":"/library/MET-PDX-042","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-PDX-042","citation":"Clark County Public Health (Dr. Alan Melnick, health officer and director), adopting Washington DOH and CDC options, Adoption of shortened quarantine options for close contacts outside high-priority settings (10 days without symptoms; 7 days with a negative test on or after day 5), Dec. 9, 2020; full 14 days retained for long-term care, health care, food processing, jail, school and child-care workers (Ex. MET-PDX-042)","stateName":"Oregon","related":["MET-PDX-041"]}