{"id":"MET-PHL-004","kind":"order","level":"city","jurisdiction":"City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania","state":"PA","metro":"PHL","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPH, Health Commissioner; adopted by Board of Health regulation Apr. 23, 2020 (effective Apr. 23, 2020)","authority":"Philadelphia Code sections 6-205 and 6-206; Board of Health regulation of Mar. 26, 2020 authorizing further Commissioner\u0027s orders","instrument":"Emergency Order Concerning Operation of Long-Term Care Facilities","title":"Emergency Order Concerning Operation of Long-Term Care Facilities and Activities of Residents to Prevent the Spread of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)","dateIssued":"2020-04-08","effective":"2020-04-08 (facility policies required within 48 hours)","end":"2020-09-23 (rescinded, Ex. MET-PHL-009)","startDate":"2020-04-08","endDate":"2020-09-23","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3"],"types":["HC","STAY","QUAR","EMP"],"addressees":["nursing homes, assisted living, rehabilitation and similar long-term care facilities in the City","their residents and employees"],"clause":"[OCR] Section 2. Stay at Home Order. All residents of Long-Term Care Facilities shall remain at the facility where such individual is a resident unless they are engaged in a Life-Sustaining LTCF Activity, as defined in this Order. Section 3. Required Procedures for Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 at Long-Term Care Facilities. A. All Long-Term Care Facilities shall adopt and enforce policies, within 48 hours, to prevent the spread of COVID-19 that, at a minimum, include the following: 1. A requirement that all residents of the facility: i. remain on the grounds of the facility as a condition of continued residency... 3. A requirement that all employees of the facility must adhere to all guidance provided by the Department to Long-Term Care Facilities and to Health Care Providers, as it may be amended, which is expressly incorporated in to this order by reference...","enforcement":"Orders to cease operations; penalties, fines and license suspensions under Philadelphia Code sections 6-205 and 6-206 and the Apr. 29, 2020 fines regulation","functions":["RS residential care admissions and movement","VS visitation","IN intake and referrals from facilities","IC infection control and staff rules","CB patients and families"],"notes":"Counterparty instrument for home care, hospice, physicians, pharmacies, therapists, food-service and laundry vendors serving Philadelphia facilities","sourceUrl":"https://www.phila.gov/media/20200924154618/4-8-LTCF-Order.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":813396,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-PHL","url":"/library/MET-PHL-004","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-PHL-004","citation":"Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPH, Health Commissioner; adopted by Board of Health regulation Apr. 23, 2020 (effective Apr. 23, 2020), Emergency Order Concerning Operation of Long-Term Care Facilities (Apr. 8, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-004)","stateName":"Pennsylvania","related":["MET-PHL-009","MET-PHL-070"]}