This guidance supersedes previous NYSDOH guidance. Nursing Homes (NHs) and Adult Care Facilities (ACFs) statewide are required to take the following actions to reduce the...

Adult Care Facilities in Phase 3 regions may resume limited visitation and additional activities under the conditions stated in this advisory.

Nursing Homes in Phase 3 regions may resume limited visitation and activities under the conditions stated in this advisory.

This advisory supersedes NYSDOH’s April 1, 2020 guidance entitled “Updated Protocols for Personnel in Healthcare and Other Direct Care Settings to Return to Work Following...

All travelers coming from states designated in this guidance are required to quarantine for a 14-day period from the time of their last contact within such designated...

Document providing guidance on releasing individuals from home isolation as a result of COVID-19 illness. 

An advisory regarding specimen collection by unlicensed individuals.

An advisory authorizing licensed pharmacists to order COVID-19 tests, approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), to detect SARS-CoV-2 or its antibodies.

An updated advisory regarding hospital visitation restrictions during COVID-19.

Document is for Chief Medical Officer, Family Medicine and Pediatric Departments, Director of Medicine, Director of Nursing and all primary care clinics.