{"id":"WV-080","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"West Virginia","state":"WV","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"DHHR Office of Health Facility Licensure and Certification (OHFLAC)","authority":"OHFLAC licensure of nursing homes and assisted living residences; CMS QSO-20-30-NH reopening guidance of May 18, 2020; EO 61-20","instrument":"Nursing Home and Assisted Living Residences COVID-19 Reopening Plan (revised August 21, 2020)","title":"Phased visitation, communal dining, group activity, non-essential personnel and salon-service rules keyed to the County Alert System (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green)","dateIssued":"2020-08-21","effective":"2020-08-21 (revision; original plan June 2020)","end":"Governed facility operations through the 2020-21 period; superseded as CMS visitation guidance changed (QSO-20-39-NH as revised Apr. 27, 2021 governs the federal layer)","startDate":"2020-08-21","endDate":"2021-04-27","quarters":["2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["HC","GATH","EMP"],"addressees":["nursing homes","assisted living residences","visitors, non-essential personnel and contractors","beauticians and manicurists serving residents"],"clause":"The color-coded phasing system for reopening long-term care facilities will follow the County Alert System.... PHASE RED... Screen 100% of all persons entering the facility... Visitation: Compassionate care only... Non-essential personnel: No non-essential personnel... Trips outside the facility: Only medically necessary trips... Communal dining: No communal dining... Group activities: No group activities. PHASE ORANGE... Visitation: Compassionate care only... Non-essential healthcare personnel, including medical providers, allowed in the facility... Limited communal dining based on medical necessity... Beauticians and manicurist can provide services to residents on a limited basis if the safety guidelines required by hair salons, nail salons and barber shops, as applicable, can be maintained. PHASE YELLOW... No more than two visitors, per resident, allowed at the same time, by appointment only... Visits must take place in a facility-designated location... No visitors under 12 years old... Visitors must wear face covering at a minimum, maintain 6 ft. social distancing.","enforcement":"OHFLAC licensure and survey","functions":["VS visitation","DN dining and activities","RS residential care admissions and cohorting","SL salon services in facilities","CR clergy and counselor visitation","IC screening"],"notes":"Instrument for the home-care and senior-living, personal-services and religious-nonprofit memoranda: it bound vendors, contractors, clergy and salon professionals entering facilities by county color.","sourceUrl":"https://dhhr.wv.gov/COVID-19/Documents/Nursing-Home-COVID19-Reopening-Plan-Revised-August-2020.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":228079,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"WV","url":"/library/WV-080","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/WV-080","citation":"DHHR Office of Health Facility Licensure and Certification (OHFLAC), Nursing Home and Assisted Living Residences COVID-19 Reopening Plan (revised August 21, 2020) (Aug. 21, 2020) (Ex. WV-080)","stateName":"West Virginia","related":["WV-045","DUT-WV-006"]}