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, including compassionate care situations
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(b) Visitation.--Visitation by an essential family caregiver
may be conducted through different means based on a facility's
structure and the needs of the residents, such as use of
resident rooms, dedicated visitation spaces and the outdoors and
visitation in circumstances beyond compassionate care
situations. The following shall apply:
(1) Except for on-going use of virtual visits,
facilities may still restrict visitation by an essential
family caregiver due to any of the following:
(i) A COVID-19 county positivity rate greater than
10% according to the United States Department of Health
and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services.
(ii) The facility's COVID-19 status.
(iii) A resident's COVID-19 status.
(iv) Visitor symptoms.
(2) Except as provided under paragraph (1), a facility
may not restrict visitation by an essential family caregiver
without a reasonable clinical or safety cause.
(c) Essential family caregiver requirements.--The decision
to designate an essential family caregiver may be individualized
and integrated with resident-centered care planning. A visit
shall be held outdoors whenever practicable. For inside visits,
the following shall apply:
(1) Designation shall be by the facility executive
director or equivalent position or designee, in consultation
with the resident and the resident's representative, and only
upon agreement by the resident and their representative.
(2) A schedule and the amount of time allowed in a
facility by an essential family caregiver shall be agreed to
prior to an essential family caregiver entering a facility
and may not exceed more than two hours per day.
(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
visitation shall be contingent upon the facility having no
new COVID-19 cases in the last 14 days. No facility may
conduct visitation during the time period the facility is
conducting outbreak testing.
(4) All who enter the facility must be screened for
signs and symptoms of COVID-19 and the denial of entry of
those with signs or symptoms must occur.
(5) Proper hand hygiene must be implemented.
(6) The wearing of a face covering or mask covering both
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