This evening, Jared Moskowitz, Director, Division of Emergency Management issued a
New Emergency Order, 20-002
and directed Florida’s more than 3,700 nursing homes and assisted living facilities to limit visitors who have recently taken a cruise or traveled overseas.
Specifically, the Emergency Order suspends Section 428.28(1)(d), f.s., which requires communities to allow visitors from from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at a minimum.
The Emergency Order reads:
Therefore, pursuant to Section 2 of Executive Order No. 20-52, I hereby issue the
following authorization(s):
I. Suspend sections 393.13(4), 400.022(1)(b),
429.28(1)(d)
, 429.85(1)(d) Florida Statutes, for the particular purpose of prohibiting certain individuals from visiting facilities. For purposes of this order, a facility includes nursing homes, assisted living facilities, adult family-care homes, long-term care facilities, and adult group homes. The order applies as follows:
a. Any person infected with COVID-19 who has not had two consecutive negative test results separated by 24 hours is prohibited from visiting a facility; or
b. Any person showing or presenting signs or symptoms of a respiratory infection, including cough, fever, shortness of breath or sore throat is prohibited from visiting a facility; or
c. Any person who has or may have been in close contact with a person( s) infected with COVID-19 who has not tested negative for COVID-19 is prohibited from visiting a facility until 14 days after their interaction with the person(s) who is infected with COVID-19; or
d. Any person who traveled internationally is prohibited from visiting a facility until 14 days after their return to the United States; or
e. Any person who traveled on a cruise ship is prohibited from visiting a facility until 14 days after their return to the United States; or
f. Any person who has been in a community with confirmed community spread of COVID-19, as identified by the Centers for Disease Control aod Prevention or a state public health agency, is prohibited from visiting a facility within 14 days of their presence in the community with community spread; or
g. Any person who resides in a community with confirmed community spread of COVID-19, as identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or a state public health agency, is prohibited from visiting a facility.
