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Joint Directors' Order to Limit Access to Ohio's Nursing Homes and Similar Facilities

In Re: Order to Limit Access to Ohio's Nursing Homes and Similar Facilities

Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director of Health, and Deborah Ashenhurst, Director of Veterans Services (Joint Directors' Order) · Ohio (State)

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Jurisdiction
Ohio
Level
State
Authority
R.C. 3701.13; R.C. Chapter 3721; R.C. 5902; R.C. 5907.02
Issued
2020-03-11 Mar. 11, 2020
Effective
2020-03-11
End
Replaced by successive amended orders (Fourth Amended July 2020; Fifth Amended Oct. 8, 2020, Ex. OH-036; Sixth Jan. 6, 2021, Ex. OH-102; Seventh Mar. 22, 2021, Ex. OH-075); visitation orders rescinded 12:01 p.m. June 18, 2021 (Ex. OH-051) (read as 2020-10-08)
In force
Mar. 11, 2020 to Oct. 8, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Health care orders
Addressees
  • all 'Homes' as defined in R.C. 3721.01 (nursing homes and residential care facilities)
  • Ohio veterans homes
Functions reached
  • VS visitation
  • RS residential care admissions and access
  • IC screening
  • HR contractors and vendors (access limited)
  • CR clergy and counseling visits
Collection
Ohio OH

Operative words

1. Restrict access to all Homes only to those personnel who are absolutely necessary for the operation of the Homes.... Included are also no more than one (1) visitor per resident per day, except for end-of-life situations. 2. Restrict access to all Homes only to those personnel who have been screened for COVID-19 each time they enter Homes.

Enforcement

R.C. 3701.352 and 3701.99(C); R.C. Chapter 3721 licensure

Notes

The chain of nursing-home access orders ran from Mar. 11, 2020 to June 18, 2021.

Retrieval note

Scanned; page 1 read visually. Date from the recital in Ex. OH-002 ('On March 11, 2020, the Ohio Departments of Health and Veterans Services issued a Joint Directors' Order').