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Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-013 Context (guidance or announcement) Primary source read

Seventh District MSIB 01-20

Medical Capability Requirements for Foreign Passenger Vessels Impacted by the Novel Coronavirus

Rear Admiral E. C. Jones, Commander, Seventh Coast Guard District, Miami, Florida · United States Coast Guard, Seventh District (Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands and adjacent waters) (Federal)

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Jurisdiction
United States Coast Guard, Seventh District (Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands and adjacent waters)
Level
Federal
Authority
33 C.F.R. 160.216; 33 C.F.R. 160.111; MSIB 06-20
Issued
2020-03-29 Mar. 29, 2020
Effective
2020-03-29 ('These requirements are effective immediately') (read as 2020-03-29)
End
not stated; no cancellation located (read as 2020-12-31)
In force
Mar. 29, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4
Limitation types
Travel and quarantineHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolationOther
Addressees
  • foreign passenger vessels in the Seventh District with more than 50 persons on board
  • vessel owners and operators
  • masters
Functions reached
  • TV cruise ships kept at sea off Florida with ill persons aboard
  • HC hospital capacity in Miami-Dade (MEDEVAC refusals)
  • CB passengers and crew
  • OP cruise lines' port agents, ambulance and transport contractors
Character
context
Collection
Coast Guard and ports AGY-USCG-PORTS

Operative words

Medical facilities in the Port of Miami, for example, are no longer accepting MEDEVAC patients due to limited hospital capacity and it is expected that neighboring counties will follow suit.... all vessels operating within the Seventh District AOR with more than 50 persons on board should increase their medical capabilities, personnel and equipment in order to care for individuals with ILIs for a indefinite period of time.... If a MEDEVAC is deemed necessary by the Coast Guard flight surgeon, the vessel owner or operator will be required to secure commercial transportation ashore, confirm the availability of medical services with local medical facilities, and coordinate a private ambulance prior to the CG SMC authorizing the evacuation.... vessels should report the number and condition of any and all ill persons on board to the cognizant COTP daily. Vessels or masters that do not immediately report illness or death among onboard personnel may be in violation of 33 CFR 160.216, and could be subject to civil penalties or criminal prosecution. These requirements are effective immediately.

Enforcement

33 C.F.R. 160.216 (civil penalties; criminal prosecution recited); COTP orders

Notes

Scanned PDF (no text layer); read from a rasterized image of both pages. The instrument that kept cruise ships and their crews at sea off Florida in spring 2020 and shifted medical care aboard.

Retrieval note

Signed copy on Seventh District letterhead; text read in full from the scanned image. it carries no independent legal effect. The enforceable instruments are the COTP orders, 33 C.F.R. 160.216, 33 C.F.R. 105.125 and the CDC orders the bulletin describes (already cited in the record's enforcement field). Cite the bulletin as evidence of the operating regime, not as an order).

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