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Ex. DE-063 Order Primary source read

Emergency Secretary's Order amending 16 DE Admin. Code 3201, Skilled and Intermediate Care Nursing Facilities, § 6.10 Infection Control (25 Del. Reg. 6 (July 1, 2021))

DHSS Emergency Secretary's Order: every nursing facility must expand its infection control program with an infection control coordinator, records, corrective mechanisms and training

Molly K. Magarik, Cabinet Secretary, Department of Health and Social Services (Division of Health Care Quality) · Delaware (Sector regulator)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Delaware
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
16 Del. C. § 1119C; 29 Del. C. § 10119
Issued
2021-06-25 June 25, 2021
Effective
2021-07-01 (120 days) (read as 2021-07-01)
End
2021-10-28 (renewable once for 60 days); vaccination-or-testing orders for 3201-series facilities effective Sept. 30, 2021 (Public Archives index) (read as 2021-10-28)
In force
July 1, 2021 to Oct. 28, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitation types
Health care ordersWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • every licensed skilled and intermediate care nursing facility
Functions reached
  • IC/RS nursing-facility infection control in force every day of 2021 Q3
Collection
Delaware DE

Operative words

§ 6.10 Infection Control as modified: the facility's committee 'shall be to manage the infection control program in the facility. One member of the committee program shall be designated the infection control coordinator'; 'The infection control coordinator... must: maintain records of all' infections and implement a plan 'that... improve[s] the nursing facility's infection control outcomes'; 'The infection control committee shall establish the infection control training.' 'This Emergency Order shall take effect on July 1, 2021 and shall remain in effect for 120 days.... It is hereby ordered, this 25th day of June, 2021.'

Enforcement

Nursing-facility licensure under 16 Del. C. ch. 11 and 16 DE Admin. Code 3201; 29 Del. C. § 10119

Notes

Long-term-care regulator instrument; the Twenty-Ninth Modification § G-H rules governed the same facilities through July 12, 2021 and the Public Health Emergency suspended their staffing ratios from July 13, 2021.

Retrieval note

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