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Executive Directive No. 20-026 (Revised January 6, 2021, superseding the October 20, 2020 revision; original August 20, 2020)

Resumption of services in all long-term care facilities: phased reopening tied to the State's stages; outbreak plans; routine testing of residents and staff; infection prevention and control staffing; respiratory protection program; PPE stockpiles; twice-weekly reporting; visitation phases

Judith M. Persichilli, Commissioner of Health · New Jersey (Sector regulator)

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The record

Jurisdiction
New Jersey
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
N.J.S.A. 26:13-12; N.J.S.A. 26:2H-12.87; EO 103
Issued
2020-08-20 Aug. 20, 2020
Effective
2020-08-20 (original); revision effective Jan. 6, 2021 (read as 2020-08-20)
End
Continued to January 11, 2022 by P.L. 2021, c. 103, sec. 3(a) (EO 252 para. 5: the directive and its supplements "remain in effect until January 11, 2022"); superseded by ED 21-012 (2022) (read as 2022-01-11)
In force
Aug. 20, 2020 to Jan. 11, 2022
Quarters
2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolation
Addressees
  • long-term care facilities licensed under N.J.A.C. 8:43, 8:36, 8:39 and 8:37
  • staff, contractors and visitors
Functions reached
  • RS residential care operations phased by State stage
  • IC testing, cohorting, PPE, respiratory protection
  • HR staffing (infection preventionist hires by Aug. 10, 2021; exclusion of positive staff)
  • VS visitation by phase
  • IN admissions and readmissions
  • CB hospitals, hospice, therapy and staffing counterparties entering facilities
Collection
New Jersey NJ

Operative words

"All facilities must test residents and staff as follows: Testing of residents: i. Initiate testing of all residents (every 3 to 7 days) until no new facility-onset cases of COVID-19 are identified among residents and positive cases in staff and at least 14 days have elapsed since the most recent positive result"... "3. Facilities are required to have a documented 'Outbreak Plan' as required by N.J.S.A. 26:2H-12.87"... "4. All LTCFs are required to report, at a minimum twice per week, COVID-19 cases"... "5. A facility with a COVID-19 outbreak will remain in Phase 0 (maximum restrictions) until" [criteria met]... "2. Facilities must develop and implement a Respiratory Protection Program (RPP)"... "3. Facilities are required to have an adequate emergency stockpile of PPE"... facilities with 100 or more beds "must" hire infection-prevention staff "and must attest to the hiring no later than August 10, 2021."

Enforcement

Licensure (N.J.A.C. 8:36, 8:37, 8:39, 8:43); N.J.S.A. 26:13-12; EO 252 para. 5 (Aug. 6, 2021) reaffirmed its testing requirements

Notes

Senior living and skilled nursing: the governing operating directive from August 2020 through Q3 2021, expressly kept alive by the Legislature and reaffirmed by EO 252 on August 6, 2021.

Retrieval note

Read from nj.gov/health (the retrieved file is the January 6, 2021 revision; footnote 1 and the signature date read).

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