{"id":"OH-079","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Ohio","state":"OH","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health","authority":"R.C. 3701.13","instrument":"Director\u0027s Order for the Testing of the Residents and Staff of all Nursing Homes","title":"Director\u0027s Order for the Testing of the Residents and Staff of all Nursing Homes","dateIssued":"2020-05-27","effective":"2020-05-27 11:59 p.m.","end":"Replaced by amended testing orders of Mar. 23, 2021 and May 4, 2021 (Ex. OH-049); the chain was rescinded July 1, 2022 (Ex. OH-073)","startDate":"2020-05-27","endDate":"2021-03-23","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1"],"types":["HC"],"addressees":["every nursing home licensed by ODH or certified by CMS or Ohio Medicaid"],"clause":"1. Effective May 27, 2020 at 11:59 p.m., each nursing home licensed by ODH or certified by the U.S Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) or by the Ohio Department of Medicaid, shall cooperate with the COVID-19 testing for residents and staff as required by ODH.... 2. Each nursing home shall require its employees to be tested in accordance with ODH Guidelines.","enforcement":"R.C. 3701.352 and 3701.99(C); \u0027shall remain in full force and effect until the State of Emergency declared by the Governor no longer exists\u0027 or rescission","functions":["IC staff testing","HR staffing","RS"],"notes":"Recital: nursing-home residents were 63 percent of Ohio COVID-19 deaths as of May 22, 2020. Ex. OH-073 dates this order \u0027May 21, 2020\u0027; the signature line reads May 27, 2020.","sourceUrl":"https://coronavirus.ohio.gov/static/publicorders/Nursing-Home-Testing-Reader.pdf","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200701220256/https://coronavirus.ohio.gov/static/publicorders/Nursing-Home-Testing-Reader.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":167909,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"OH","url":"/library/OH-079","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/OH-079","citation":"Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health, Director\u0027s Order for the Testing of the Residents and Staff of all Nursing Homes (May 27, 2020) (Ex. OH-079)","stateName":"Ohio","related":["OH-049","OH-073","OH-080","OH-023","OH-025","OH-026","OH-024","OH-027","OH-022","OH-097","OH-092","OH-020"]}