Skip to content
The COVID Project
  1. Library
  2. Home Care, Nursing and Senior Living
  3. SEC-04-049

Ex. SEC-04-049 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)

The COVID Project

The record

Jurisdiction
New York
Level
State
Authority
N.Y. Executive Law 29-a; Executive Order 202 (Mar. 7, 2020) disaster emergency
Issued
2020-05-10 May 10, 2020
Effective
2020-05-10
End
Continued by successive EOs; modified to weekly testing by later orders (State file); the disaster emergency ended June 24, 2021 (read as 2021-06-24)
In force
May 10, 2020 to June 24, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Health care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
Addressees
  • operators and administrators of all nursing homes and all adult care facilities
  • hospitals (discharge to nursing homes)
Functions reached
  • IC twice-weekly testing of all personnel
  • HR
  • WF
  • IN hospital discharges conditioned on a negative test
  • RS
  • CB
Collection
Home Care, Nursing and Senior Living SEC-04

Operative words

[It is] necessary to 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, pursuant to a plan developed by the facility... [and to prohibit] any personnel who refuse [testing]... [from] having unrestricted access to the facility... [and that hospitals shall not discharge a patient to a nursing home unless the patient has tested negative].

Enforcement

Public Health Law 12 (civil penalties up to $2,000 per violation as recited in the EO series); licensure

Notes

The strictest State staff-testing order of 2020; rendered from the Governor's news page as captured May 29, 2020.

Retrieval note

Raw capture rendered locally with headless Edge; hash computed locally.