2020-12-17 COVID-19 Emergency Rule No. 14

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Mayor's COVID-19 Emergency Rule No. 14 Page 8 of 22 return to Hawaii Island as long as they submit a request to the County via the above online format and provide their flight itinerary, licensed physician letter or certification with the date(s) of appointments that are medically necessary. If the medical traveler requires a travel companion, this person must be named in the doctor's letter or certification. This exemption does not apply if the travel involves any non-medical related purposes. • Place of Quarantine: Persons requiring paid or commercial lodging while subject to the mandatory 10 day self -quarantine shall designate a hotel or motel as their quarantine location. Short-term vacation rentals (SNR), bed and breakfast (B&B) establishments, or other paid or commercial lodging defined by the Hawaii Revised Statutes as "transient accommodations" shall not be designated as a quarantine location except for visiting essential and critical infrastructure workers, provided quarantine restrictions are followed. • Negative test exceptions: 1. Pre-test with negative COVID-19 results upon arrival: Persons five years or older traveling to Hawai'i County who provide written confirmation of a negative test result from a State approved COVID-19 test administered to the traveler within 72 hours from the last leg of departure prior to arrival into Hawaii County are exempt from quarantine. Children under the age of five traveling with parents or guardians who have negative test results are exempt from quarantine.. "State approved COVID-19 test" means a test to determine the presence of active COVID-19 infection that has been approved for use under the Department of Health. Only tests administered by State "Trusted Testing Partners" shall qualify. 2. Pre-test with no results upon arrival: Persons who avail themselves to a pre-test but do not have their results upon arrival are subject to quarantine but may submit their negative test result to the State by uploading such verification to www.travel.hawaii.gov. 3. Post -Arrival test: Persons subject to the 10 day self -quarantine may arrange for and receive an approved COVID-19 test while in mandatory self -quarantine. Those persons who provide written confirmation of a negative test result from an approved County of Hawai` i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.