2021-03-08 COVID-19 Emergency Amendment to Rule No. 14 (Amendment)

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Mayor's COVID-19 First Amended Emergency Rule No. 14 Page 8 of 23 https://survey123.arcgis.com/share/e2f4ce19aa854964a8fd6Obec7f be78c. Only persons who have been granted an exemption may temporarily break self-quarantine and only for the purposes expressed in the written exemption, including any required testing protocols. • Medical Exemptions: Persons who travel outside of Hawaii Island for medical purposes will not be subject to quarantine upon their 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 (STVR), 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 Hawaii 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 County of Hawai'i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.