{"id":"MT-045","kind":"order","level":"county","jurisdiction":"Yellowstone County, Montana","state":"MT","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"John Felton, Health Officer for City-County of Yellowstone","authority":"Mont. Code Ann. 50-2-118","instrument":"Order of Health Officer July 3, 2020 (restricting visitors to senior care facilities)","title":"Order of Health Officer July 3, 2020","dateIssued":"2020-07-03","effective":"2020-07-03","end":"Congregate care terms restated Oct. 26, 2020 (MT-074); all local orders rescinded Jan. 7, 2021 (MT-054)","startDate":"2020-07-03","endDate":"2020-10-26","quarters":["2020Q3","2020Q4"],"types":["HC"],"addressees":["senior living congregate care facilities (skilled nursing, assisted living, memory care, senior adult group homes)","visitors"],"clause":"WHEREAS, the Governor of Montana issued a Directive on June 25, 2020 that substantially reduces restrictions on visitation of residents living in senior living and assisted living facilities; WHEREAS, Yellowstone County has recently experienced a very significant increase in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases affecting staff and residents of multiple senior living and assisted living facilities, which represents an imminent threat to vulnerable residents living in such facilities; WHEREAS, it is widely accepted that the use of face coverings substantially reduces the risk of transmission (recitals, p. 1); restricts visitors to senior care facilities (title of the RiverStone release)","enforcement":"Mont. Code Ann. 50-2-118, -123, -124","functions":["VS visitation","RS residential care","IC infection control (face coverings)"],"notes":"A county health officer overriding the State\u0027s June 25 loosening with a stricter local order, as every Bullock Directive permitted","sourceUrl":"https://covid.riverstonehealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/JUL-3_2020_Health-Officer-Order-Restricting-Visitors-to-Senior-Care-Facilities.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":3603862,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MT","url":"/library/MT-045","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MT-045","citation":"John Felton, Health Officer for City-County of Yellowstone, Order of Health Officer July 3, 2020 (restricting visitors to senior care facilities) (Ex. MT-045)","stateName":"Montana","related":["MT-074","MT-054","MT-034","MT-046","MT-047"]}