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Executive Directive No. 21-004

COVID-19 child care standards ("Updated COVID-19 Standards - Child Care Centers"), superseding ED 20-032 (Sept. 18, 2020) and the child care portion of ED 20-021 (June 30, 2020)

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

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Jurisdiction
New Jersey
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
N.J.S.A. 26:13-12; EO 149 para. 2
Issued
2021-05-26 May 26, 2021
Effective
2021-05-26
End
"for the duration of the public health emergency... unless otherwise modified, supplemented, rescinded, or superseded by statute"; continued after June 4, 2021 by P.L. 2021, c. 103, sec. 3(a) unless explicitly revoked (explicit revocation before Sept. 30, 2021 not found; EO 264 added masking Sept. 24, 2021) (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
May 26, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
Addressees
  • child care centers as defined in EO 149 (N.J.S.A. 30:5B-3)
Functions reached
  • EC child care operations under State standards (cohorts, screening, exclusion)
  • WF workforce dependent on child care
Collection
New Jersey NJ

Operative words

"1. This Executive Directive supersedes Executive Directive No. 20-032 issued on September 18, 2020. 2. Child Care Centers, as defined in Executive Order No. 149 (2020), must adhere to the protocols attached hereto, entitled 'Updated COVID-19 Standards - Child Care Centers,' as amended and supplemented." Recitals: EO 149 "required the Department of Health to impose Standards for COVID-19 Related Health and Safety Applicable in New Jersey Child Care and Youth Summer Camp Settings"; "on June 30, 2020, the Commissioner of the Department of Health (DOH) issued Executive Directive No. 20-021"; "on September 18, 2020, the Commissioner of DOH issued Executive Order No. 20-032, which superseded the portion of Executive Directive 20-021 pertaining to childcare centers".

Enforcement

N.J.S.A. 26:13-12; EO 149 para. 12 (closure by the Commissioner under N.J.S.A. 26:13-8)

Notes

Child care: continuously regulated by binding Department standards from June 15, 2020 (ED 20-021), through ED 20-032 and ED 21-004, into Q3 2021, with EO 264's masking added September 24, 2021.

Retrieval note

Read from nj.gov/health in full (directive dated May 26, 2021; the Department's index lists it under May 7, 2021).