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The record
- Jurisdiction
- New Jersey - Department of Health (State health department) · New Jersey
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Emergency Health Powers Act; Executive Order 244 (2021) continuing health directives after the Public Health Emergency
- Issued
- 2021-06-16 June 16, 2021
- Effective
- immediately (read as 2021-06-16)
- End
- continued under EO 244 and P.L. 2021, c. 103 (to Jan. 11, 2022 unless earlier rescinded) (read as 2022-01-11)
- In force
- June 16, 2021 to Jan. 11, 2022
- Quarters
- 2021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Capacity limitHealth care ordersWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- general acute care hospitals
- Functions reached
- SX surgery and scheduled procedures (conditions of resumption)
- IC infection control
- VS visitation
- HR staff screening
- CL scheduling
- Collection
- State health department orders to licensed settings AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS
Operative words
hereby ORDER and DIRECT the following:... i. The facility plans for potential future surges shall be guided by the following documents... the following shall be followed when resuming services:... v. COVID-19 PPE policies and procedures shall be in place for health care [personnel]... Facilities shall implement the following disinfection and cleaning protocols... i. Staff shall be screened per Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) [guidance]... c. Scheduling must be coordinated to promote social distancing... test performed by the laboratory must be for viral detection... v. All visitors must comply with all reasonable requirements imposed by the [facility].
Enforcement
N.J.S.A. 26:13-19; hospital licensure (N.J.A.C. 8:43G)
Notes
A Q3 2021 instrument: the June 16, 2021 revision kept hospitals' scheduled-procedure operations under written conditions after the Public Health Emergency ended.
Retrieval noteThe NJ State file saved Executive Directive 20-018 (NJ-072 series); this is the June 16, 2021 revision.