The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- United States (Medicare-participating hospitals)
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- 42 C.F.R. § 482.42 (hospital infection prevention and control CoP); survey and certification authority
- Issued
- 2020-03-04 Mar. 4, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-04
- End
- through the PHE (revised later) (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Mar. 4, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Health care orders
- Addressees
- State Survey Agency Directors; all Medicare-participating hospitals
- Functions reached
- ED intake and screening
- VS visitation
- IC infection control
- IP placement and discharge
- Collection
- Federal health, safety and transport layer FED-A
Operative words
Hospital Guidance and Actions - CMS regulations and guidance support hospitals taking appropriate action to address potential and confirmed COVID cases and mitigate transmission including screening, discharge and transfers from the hospital, and visitation.... Hospitals should identify visitors and patients at risk for having COVID-19 infection before or immediately upon arrival to the healthcare facility.
Enforcement
Hospital CoP survey and enforcement (42 C.F.R. § 482.42)
Notes
CMS survey guidance binding through the CoP; the federal instruction that hospitals screen every visitor and patient at the door from March 4, 2020.