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DEM Emergency Order No. 20-006

In re: COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (prohibiting visitation to long-term care and similar facilities)

Jared Moskowitz, Director, Florida Division of Emergency Management, under Executive Order 20-52 · Florida (State)

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Jurisdiction
Florida
Level
State
Authority
Fla. Stat. ch. 252 (State Emergency Management Act); Executive Order 20-52 (Mar. 9, 2020)
Issued
2020-03-15 Mar. 15, 2020
Effective
2020-03-15
End
Extended by DEM Orders 20-007 (May 18, 2020) and 20-008 (July 13, 2020); revised by DEM Order 20-009 (Sept. 1, 2020) (read as 2020-09-30)
In force
Mar. 15, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q3
Limitation types
Gathering capHealth care orders
Addressees
  • nursing homes, assisted living facilities, adult family-care homes, long-term care hospitals, ICF/DDs, group homes and similar facilities
Functions reached
  • VS
  • DN
  • RS
  • IN
  • IC
  • CB
Collection
Home Care, Nursing and Senior Living SEC-04

Operative words

Not machine-readable (scanned PDF). DEM Order 20-009 recites that Director Moskowitz was directed 'to prohibit visitation to certain facilities in' the State and lists the facility types (Long-Term Care Hospitals under chapter 395, part I; Nursing Homes; ICF/DDs under chapter 400; Assisted Living Facilities under chapter 429; adult family-care homes; group homes).

Enforcement

Fla. Stat. 252.47, 252.50 (second-degree misdemeanor); AHCA licensure

Notes

The Florida visitation ban ran from Mar. 15 to Sept. 1, 2020 by its own terms and extensions.

Retrieval note

Scanned; hash computed locally.

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