Emergency Order Concerning Operation of Long-Term Care Facilities

The record

Jurisdiction

City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Philadelphia · Pennsylvania

Level

City

Authority

Philadelphia Code sections 6-205 and 6-206; Board of Health regulation of Mar. 26, 2020 authorizing further Commissioner's orders

Issued

2020-04-08 Apr. 8, 2020

Effective

2020-04-08 (facility policies required within 48 hours) (read as 2020-04-08)

End

2020-09-23 (rescinded, Ex. MET-PHL-009) (read as 2020-09-23)

In force

Apr. 8, 2020 to Sept. 23, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q22020 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Stay-at-homeHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation

Addressees

• nursing homes, assisted living, rehabilitation and similar long-term care facilities in the City
• their residents and employees

Functions reached

• RS residential care admissions and movement
• VS visitation
• IN intake and referrals from facilities
• IC infection control and staff rules
• CB patients and families

Collection

Philadelphia MET-PHL

Operative words

[OCR] Section 2. Stay at Home Order. All residents of Long-Term Care Facilities shall remain at the facility where such individual is a resident unless they are engaged in a Life-Sustaining LTCF Activity, as defined in this Order. Section 3. Required Procedures for Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 at Long-Term Care Facilities. A. All Long-Term Care Facilities shall adopt and enforce policies, within 48 hours, to prevent the spread of COVID-19 that, at a minimum, include the following: 1. A requirement that all residents of the facility: i. remain on the grounds of the facility as a condition of continued residency... 3. A requirement that all employees of the facility must adhere to all guidance provided by the Department to Long-Term Care Facilities and to Health Care Providers, as it may be amended, which is expressly incorporated in to this order by reference...

Enforcement

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