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Executive Order No. 7UU

Protection of Public Health and Safety During COVID-19 Pandemic and Response - Mandatory COVID-19 Testing for Staff of Nursing Homes, Managed Residential Communities and Assisted Living Services Agencies

Governor Ned Lamont · Connecticut (State)

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Jurisdiction
Connecticut
Level
State
Authority
Conn. Gen. Stat. sections 19a-131a and 28-9; sections 19a-522, 19a-694 and 19a-699(b) modified
Issued
2020-06-01 June 1, 2020
Effective
Weekly testing from the week of June 14, 2020 (nursing homes) and June 28, 2020 (managed residential communities and assisted living) (read as 2020-06-14)
End
For the duration of the emergency as extended (reissued by 9A, 9L, 10A); not among the orders extended by EO 11 (Apr. 19, 2021) and therefore expired Apr. 19-20, 2021; unvaccinated-staff testing resumed Aug. 11, 2021 (CT-053) (read as 2021-04-19)
In force
June 14, 2020 to Apr. 19, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Health care ordersWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • private and municipal nursing homes
  • managed residential communities
  • assisted living services agencies
Functions reached
  • IC infection control and staff testing
  • HR staffing
  • RS residential care
Collection
Connecticut CT

Operative words

a private or municipal nursing home facility beginning not later than the week starting June 14, 2020, shall weekly test all members of the nursing home facility staff for COVID-19 and shall continue such weekly testing for the duration of the public health and civil preparedness emergency.

Enforcement

DPH licensing enforcement (Conn. Gen. Stat. sections 19a-524 to 19a-528); Conn. Gen. Stat. section 28-22

Retrieval note

End date inferred from EO 11's list of extended orders (7UU absent); the DPH nursing-home testing guidance history was not separately retrieved.

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