{"id":"TN-019","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Tennessee","state":"TN","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Bill Lee","authority":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 58-2-107","instrument":"Executive Order No. 49","title":"An Order Amending Requirements Concerning Long-Term-Care Facility Visitation and Taking Other Necessary Measures to Facilitate the Treatment and Containment of COVID-19","dateIssued":"2020-06-12","effective":"12:01 a.m. CDT June 15, 2020","end":"With EO 38 ¶ 6 as amended: carried by EO 50, 59, 63, 67 and 73 to Feb. 27, 2021 (EO 77 did not restate ¶ 6)","startDate":"2020-06-15","endDate":"2021-02-27","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1"],"types":["HC","OTHER"],"addressees":["nursing homes, retirement homes, long-term-care and assisted-living facilities","visitors","senior centers"],"clause":"6.a.... Persons shall not visit a Resident in a Facility unless: i. The Facility determines in its judgment that the visit: (A)(1) Involves accommodations for support for Residents with disabilities, the provision of critical assistance to a Resident, or religious exercise; or (2) Is to a Resident receiving end-of-life care; and (B) May be accomplished without unreasonable risk...; or ii. The Facility determines in its judgment that the visit may be conducted in accordance with the Tennessee Department of Health\u0027s guidelines regarding Facility visitation... 6.b. Facilities shall at all times follow the Health Guidelines and any other infection control rules, policies, or recommendations or guidance set forth by the Department of Health... 6.c. Facilities shall take reasonable steps to minimize the movement of staff to more than one Facility location... 6.d. Senior centers or equivalent facilities shall continue to be closed","enforcement":"EO 38 ¶¶ 14, 17; Tenn. Code Ann. § 58-2-120","functions":["VS visitation only under TDH prerequisites (Ex. TN-052: facility-wide testing, no new case in 28 days, staffing and PPE)","HR staff movement between facilities restricted","IC TDH infection-control guidance made binding on facilities","DN senior centers closed until Oct. 1, 2020 (EO 63)"],"notes":"Incorporates by reference the TDH LTCF Visitation guidelines (Ex. TN-052), giving them force of law","sourceUrl":"https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/pub/execorders/exec-orders-lee49.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":1609052,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"TN","url":"/library/TN-019","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/TN-019","citation":"Governor Bill Lee, Executive Order No. 49 (June 12, 2020) (Ex. TN-019)","stateName":"Tennessee","related":["TN-052","TN-020","TN-042","TN-021","TN-018","TN-017","TN-016","TN-015","TN-014","TN-022","TN-013","TN-012"]}