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DC Health, Guidance for Quarantine after COVID-19 Exposure (last updated December 10, 2020)

Guidance for Quarantine after COVID-19 Exposure

DC Health · District of Columbia (Sector regulator)

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Jurisdiction
District of Columbia
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
D.C. Official Code 7-131 et seq.; Mayor's Order 2020-103 sec. VI.3
Issued
2020-12-10 Dec. 10, 2020
Effective
2020-12-10
End
Revised in 2021; the fourteen-day rule for health care and congregate settings continued (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Dec. 10, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Workplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
Addressees
  • close contacts of confirmed cases
  • health care facility and congregate setting staff
  • businesses located in DC
Functions reached
  • WF exposed employees excluded ten to fourteen days
  • IC
Collection
District of Columbia DC

Operative words

Healthcare facility and congregate setting staff, residents, and patients must adhere to 14 days of quarantine.... [Residents] and businesses located in DC must follow DC Health guidelines.... ending quarantine after 10 days (on day 11) after exposure may be acceptable if: You do not develop symptoms

Enforcement

Communicable and Preventable Diseases Act

Notes

The exposure-quarantine rule that removed exposed workers from every District workplace through Q3 2021