{"id":"OH-036","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Ohio","state":"OH","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Lance D. Himes, Interim Director, Ohio Department of Health","authority":"R.C. 3701.13; R.C. Chapter 3721","instrument":"Fifth Amended Director\u0027s Order to Limit Access to Ohio\u0027s Nursing Homes and Similar Facilities, with Exceptions","title":"Fifth Amended Director\u0027s Order to Limit Access to Ohio\u0027s Nursing Homes and Similar Facilities, with Exceptions","dateIssued":"2020-10-08","effective":"2020-10-12 12:01 a.m.","end":"Replaced by the Sixth Amended Order (Jan. 6, 2021, Ex. OH-102)","startDate":"2020-10-12","endDate":"2021-01-06","quarters":["2020Q4","2021Q1"],"types":["HC"],"addressees":["all \u0027Homes\u0027 as defined in R.C. 3721.01"],"clause":"1. This Order shall replace all prior Orders regarding visitation in Ohio\u0027s Nursing Homes and Similar Facilities. Homes must continue to restrict access only to those personnel who are necessary to the operation of the Homes, except as permitted in limited circumstances set forth below.... No visitors of residents shall be admitted to any Home, except for as explained below.... 3. All individuals and personnel must be screened for COVID-19 each time they enter the facility.... [para. 8] Homes are required to regularly report visitation information to the State via an online dashboard.... [para. 9-10] Homes may permit residents to have visitors in accordance with the guidelines... f. No more than two visitors shall be permitted per resident per visit.","enforcement":"R.C. 3701.352 and 3701.99(C); R.C. Chapter 3721 licensure","functions":["VS visitation (indoor permitted under conditions from Oct. 12, 2020)","IC screening","HR contractors and vendors","CR clergy","SL salon personnel in homes (permitted as necessary personnel)"],"notes":"","sourceUrl":"https://coronavirus.ohio.gov/static/publicorders/Fifth-Amended-Directors-Order-Nursing-Homes-reader.pdf","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20201016235540/https://coronavirus.ohio.gov/static/publicorders/Fifth-Amended-Directors-Order-Nursing-Homes-reader.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":162671,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"OH","url":"/library/OH-036","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/OH-036","citation":"Lance D. Himes, Interim Director, Ohio Department of Health, Fifth Amended Director\u0027s Order to Limit Access to Ohio\u0027s Nursing Homes and Similar Facilities, with Exceptions (Oct. 8, 2020) (Ex. OH-036)","stateName":"Ohio","related":["OH-102","OH-009","OH-059","OH-078","OH-082","OH-035","OH-037","OH-038","OH-100","OH-032","OH-099","OH-030"]}