{"id":"NJ-079","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"New Jersey","state":"NJ","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Judith M. Persichilli, Commissioner of Health","authority":"N.J.S.A. 26:13-12; EO 149 para. 2","instrument":"Executive Directive No. 21-004","title":"COVID-19 child care standards (\u0022Updated COVID-19 Standards - Child Care Centers\u0022), superseding ED 20-032 (Sept. 18, 2020) and the child care portion of ED 20-021 (June 30, 2020)","dateIssued":"2021-05-26","effective":"2021-05-26","end":"\u0022for the duration of the public health emergency... unless otherwise modified, supplemented, rescinded, or superseded by statute\u0022; continued after June 4, 2021 by P.L. 2021, c. 103, sec. 3(a) unless explicitly revoked (explicit revocation before Sept. 30, 2021 not found; EO 264 added masking Sept. 24, 2021)","startDate":"2021-05-26","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["SCH","EMP","MASK","QUAR"],"addressees":["child care centers as defined in EO 149 (N.J.S.A. 30:5B-3)"],"clause":"\u00221. This Executive Directive supersedes Executive Directive No. 20-032 issued on September 18, 2020. 2. Child Care Centers, as defined in Executive Order No. 149 (2020), must adhere to the protocols attached hereto, entitled \u0027Updated COVID-19 Standards - Child Care Centers,\u0027 as amended and supplemented.\u0022 Recitals: EO 149 \u0022required the Department of Health to impose Standards for COVID-19 Related Health and Safety Applicable in New Jersey Child Care and Youth Summer Camp Settings\u0022; \u0022on June 30, 2020, the Commissioner of the Department of Health (DOH) issued Executive Directive No. 20-021\u0022; \u0022on September 18, 2020, the Commissioner of DOH issued Executive Order No. 20-032, which superseded the portion of Executive Directive 20-021 pertaining to childcare centers\u0022.","enforcement":"N.J.S.A. 26:13-12; EO 149 para. 12 (closure by the Commissioner under N.J.S.A. 26:13-8)","functions":["EC child care operations under State standards (cohorts, screening, exclusion)","WF workforce dependent on child care"],"notes":"Child care: continuously regulated by binding Department standards from June 15, 2020 (ED 20-021), through ED 20-032 and ED 21-004, into Q3 2021, with EO 264\u0027s masking added September 24, 2021.","sourceUrl":"https://www.nj.gov/health/legal/covid19/ExecutiveDirectiveNo21-04_ChildCareStandards.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":124006,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"NJ","url":"/library/NJ-079","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/NJ-079","citation":"Judith M. Persichilli, Commissioner of Health, Executive Directive No. 21-004 (May 26, 2021) (Ex. NJ-079)","stateName":"New Jersey","related":["AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-040","NJ-080","NJ-081","NJ-078"]}