Memorandum
Date: October 20, 2020
To: The Honorable Moke Simon, Chair, Lake County Board of Supervisors
From: Carol J. Huchingson, County Administrative Officer
Subject: Approve amendment to the COUNTY OF LAKE COVID-19 PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY Return to Work - Worksite Protection Protocol
Executive Summary: (include fiscal and staffing impact narrative):
As your Board recalls, when you first approved the COVID-19 Return to Work Protocol on May 19, 2020, you directed that it be reviewed every 30 days. Review and revisions have previously occurred on June 16, 2020, July 14, 2020, July 21, 2020, August 11, 2020 and on September 15, 2020.
As you know, staff fully expected that the Protocol would be a living document. Over the past month, your department heads have not reported any issues with application of the Protocol. However our Public Health Department has advised that a minor revision is needed, to be consistent with CDC guidelines. Per the CDC, if an employee tests negative following known exposure, s/he should still quarantine, since symptoms may appear 2 to 14 days after exposure to the virus. So, staff recommends deleting the statement indicating that an employee may return to work in less than 14 days if test results are negative.
I have attached a strike out version to illustrate the proposed change, along with a final version for approval.
I recommend your Board approve amendment to the protocol, with thirty day reviews to continue.
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