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Ex. NY-021 Order Primary source read

Executive Order No. 202.30

Continuing Temporary Suspension and Modification of Laws Relating to the Disaster Emergency

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo · New York (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
New York
Level
State
Authority
Executive Law 29-a; Public Health Law 12, 12-b, 4656; 10 NYCRR 415.26; 18 NYCRR 487.9, 488.9
Issued
2020-05-10 May 10, 2020
Effective
Testing plans filed by 5 p.m. May 13, 2020; certifications by May 15, 2020; directives 'through June 9, 2020' (read as 2020-05-13)
End
Continued through the series (EO 202.79, 202.81 modified the discharge rule Dec. 11, 2020; EO 202.100 modified it Mar. 31, 2021 to a vaccine-offer requirement); rescinded June 25, 2021; replaced in substance by 10 NYCRR Subpart 66-4 (June 24, 2021) (read as 2021-06-30)
In force
May 13, 2020 to June 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing
Addressees
  • operators and administrators of all nursing homes and adult care facilities
  • all Article 28 general hospitals
  • nursing-home personnel
Functions reached
  • RS residential care (staff testing)
  • HR staffing
  • IN intake and hospital discharges
  • IC infection control
  • WF
Collection
New York NY

Operative words

require that the operator and administrator of all nursing homes and all adult care facilities... test or make arrangements for the testing of all personnel, including all employees, contract staff, medical staff, operators and administrators, for COVID-19, twice per week... Any nursing home or adult care facility which does not comply with this Executive Order shall be subject to a penalty for non-compliance of $2,000 per violation per day... and any subsequent violation... $10,000 per violation per day. Any personnel... who refuse to be tested... shall therefore be prohibited from providing services... any article 28 general hospital shall not discharge a patient to a nursing home, without first performing a diagnostic test for COVID-19 and obtaining a negative result.

Enforcement

$2,000 and $10,000 per violation per day (Public Health Law 12 and 12-b); suspension or revocation of operating certificate; receivership on 24 hours' notice; Penal Law 210.45 for false certification

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