The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- City of Chicago, Illinois · Chicago · Illinois
- Level
- City
- Authority
- Municipal Code of Chicago secs. 2-112-030, 2-112-080, 2-112-160(a)(4), 2-112-170; 77 Ill. Adm. Code 690.1310(c)
- Issued
- 2020-03-19 Mar. 19, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-19
- In force
- Mar. 19, 2020 to May 12, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Health care ordersWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- all acute care and long-term hospitals in the City
- schools, jails, congregate facilities
- Functions reached
- SX surgery and elective procedures
- VS visitation
- IC infection control and screening
- HR
- CB patients
- Collection
- Chicago MET-CHI
Operative words
All acute care and long-term hospitals located within the City shall immediately: (1) adopt and implement administrative and personal protective equipment ('PPE') control policies...; (2) postpone elective surgeries and medical procedures; (3) implement a strict visitor policy in hospitals and clinics...; (4) implement a policy to limit entry into patient rooms of COVID-19 patients to essential healthcare workers only...; and (5) implement a policy to check employees for symptoms of COVID-19 at the start and end of each shift.
Enforcement
Municipal Code of Chicago ch. 2-112; daily reporting to CDPH; cluster reporting within 24 hours
Notes
Chicago's own elective-procedure postponement order, issued the day the Governor's statewide elective-procedure guidance followed; every hospital, clinic and referring practice in the City was reached
Retrieval noteTwo-page order; text read in full from the capture.