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The record
- Jurisdiction
- United States (federal); Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- 38 U.S.C. 501, 1710, 7301; VHA facility management authority
- Issued
- 2020-03-10 Mar. 10, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-10 'until further notice' (read as 2020-03-10)
- End
- Relaxed by phased VA visitation guidance from mid-2020; facility-level restrictions continued through 2021 [end date not verified] (read as 2020-09-30)
- In force
- Mar. 10, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Gathering capHealth care orders
- Addressees
- all VA community living centers and spinal cord injury/disorder centers; visitors; new admissions
- Functions reached
- VS visitation and access
- IN intake (admissions suspended)
- RS residential care
- CB families and referral sources
- Character
- context
- Collection
- Other federal health agencies AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER
Operative words
effective March 10 and until further notice, VA is taking the following actions: All VA nursing homes will adopt a 'No Visitor' stance, meaning no outside visitors will be permitted to see residents. The only exceptions will be in compassionate cases, when Veterans are in their last stages of life on hospice units.... All VA nursing homes will suspend new admissions.... All VA SCI/Ds will adopt a 'No Visitor' stance, meaning no outside visitors will be permitted to see inpatients.
Enforcement
Facility access control by the federal operator (38 C.F.R. 1.218 conduct on VA property)
Notes
The first federal nursing-home visitation ban, three days before CMS QSO-20-14-NH; reached hospice, therapy, chaplaincy and vendor contractors serving VA CLCs.