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Ex. MET-STL-083 Order Primary source read

Rapid Notification Order (amended; rescinds and replaces the Amended Rapid Results Notification Order of Mar. 24, 2020)

Rapid Notification Order (laboratory and provider reporting of COVID-19 results, hospitalizations and deaths)

Dr. Emily Doucette, Acting Director, St. Louis County Department of Public Health · St. Louis County, Missouri (County)

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Jurisdiction
St. Louis County, Missouri · St. Louis · Missouri
Level
County
Authority
RSMo §§ 192.006, 192.200, 192.300, 192.320; 19 CSR 20-20.050; Executive Orders 10-15
Issued
2020-03-31 Mar. 31, 2020
Effective
2020-04-02 12:01 a.m. (read as 2020-04-02)
End
Recited as continuing in force on May 14, 2021 (Ex. MET-STL-098); not shown rescinded before Sept. 30, 2021 (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Apr. 2, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Health care ordersOther
Addressees
  • laboratory companies
  • healthcare providers
  • hospitals
Functions reached
  • DX laboratories and diagnostics
  • ED/IP hospital reporting
  • OC clinics
  • OF medical-practice administration
Collection
St. Louis MET-STL

Operative words

1. Any laboratory company or healthcare provider who receives a positive test result for COVID-19 shall [report it to DPH within one day] 2. Any laboratory company or healthcare provider who receives a negative test result for COVID-19 shall [report it]... [any hospital admitting a] patient [who] tests positive for COVID-19 shall electronically report that admission to DPH immediately... This order rescinds and replaces the Amended Rapid Results Notification Order dated March 24, 2020. This amended order shall become effective at 12:01 a.m. on April 2, 2020 and will continue to be in effect until it is [rescinded]... So Ordered this 31st day of March 2020. Dr. Emily Doucette, Acting Director.

Enforcement

RSMo § 192.320 (class A misdemeanor), recited

Notes

A health-sector order in force through Q3 2021; reaches every laboratory, physician practice, urgent care and hospital treating County residents.

Retrieval note

Rendering of the County's own web posting of the order text.

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