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- Jurisdiction
- New Jersey - Department of Health (State health department) · New Jersey
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Health Care Facilities Planning Act licensure and the Emergency Health Powers Act
- Issued
- 2020-03-16 Mar. 16, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-16 'and until lifted by the Department of Health' (read as 2020-03-16)
- End
- superseded by Executive Directives 20-017 (NJ-071, June 19, 2020) and 21-001 (NJ-078) (read as 2020-06-19)
- In force
- Mar. 16, 2020 to June 19, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Gathering capTravel and quarantineHealth care ordersWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- nursing homes, assisted living residences, dementia care homes, pediatric transitional care homes and similar licensed facilities
- Functions reached
- VS visitation (barred except end-of-life)
- HR staff screening and exclusion
- VL volunteers (barred)
- CB families
- Collection
- State health department orders to licensed settings AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS
Operative words
Effective March 16, 2020 and until lifted by the Department of Health (Department), the following screening and restriction requirements for all visitors to your facility shall be implemented by your facility. Effective March 16, 2020 and until further notice by the Department, the following screening and restriction requirements for facility staff shall be implemented by your facility.... 1. Limiting Resident Visitation. No resident visitors shall be permitted in the facility except for end-of-life situations.... a. Until further notice of the Department of Health, volunteers shall be restricted.
Enforcement
Facility licensure (N.J.S.A. 26:2H-13, -14); N.J.S.A. 26:13-19
Notes
The first New Jersey long-term-care visitation ban, in force from Mar. 16, 2020 into the second quarter of 2020.