UPDATED QUARANTINE AND ISOLATION GUIDANCE FOR FACILITY STAFF DURING THE CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 (COVID-19) PANDEMIC

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California Department of Social Services PIN 21-23-ASC

April 20, 2021

TO: ALL ADULT AND SENIOR CARE PROGRAM LICENSEES

Original signed by Kevin Gaines

FROM: KEVIN GAINES
Deputy Director
Community Care Licensing Division

SUBJECT: UPDATED QUARANTINE AND ISOLATION GUIDANCE FOR FACILITY STAFF DURING THE CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 (COVID-19) PANDEMIC

Provider Information Notice (PIN) Summary

PIN 21-23-ASC provides updated quarantine and isolation guidance to Adult and Senior Care (ASC) licensees with facility staff who are fully vaccinated, facility staff who were
exposed to a person with COVID-19, and facility staff who test positive for COVID-19. In addition, this PIN provides infection control practices for facility staff to safely commute for work.

Please post/keep this PIN in the facility where persons in care can easily access it and distribute the PIN Summary for Persons in Care (located at the end of this PIN) to persons in care and, if applicable, their representatives.

This PIN supersedes guidance from PIN 20-38-ASC dated October 6, 2020 related to quarantine and isolation for facility staff. In addition, this PIN provides infection control practices for facility staff commuting for work.

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