Phase 3 Re-Opening Parish Offices
Effective July 6, 2020
Offices should open only if parish administrator feels comfortable and confident about opening.
Who should return to the office?
- Workers should continue to telework if feasible
- Workers must stay home if feeling ill
- Staff or volunteers exposed to anyone who has been diagnosed with COVID-19 must stay at home and self monitor for 14 days (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/if-you-are-sick/quarantine-isolation.html)
- Vulnerable individuals are encouraged to stay home
- Parish occupancy is limited to 50% of certified occupancy
Social distancing, PPE, and cleaning requirements
- Physical distancing of a minimum of six feet is required
- The parish should assess and modify the office environment in order to ensure proper social distancing for those on site, including marked traffic flow paths to limit exposure
- Consideration should be given to staggered or alternating workdays or hours, re-assigned desks or workstation locations
- Masks will be worn by all staff and volunteers
- Enhanced, frequent cleaning protocols should be maintained
- Limit visitors where feasible
- Common areas should be closed off
- Signs are to be posted on the exterior and interior advising people of the mask and distancing requirements, as well as any new or “one way” entry/exit and traffic flow requirements
Signage and checklist
- Parish office must display signage:
- Attesting that they have a COVID-19 plan
- Describing practices for social distancing, hygiene, cleaning
- Parish office must complete the Places of Worship Checklist Phase 3
- For a summary of guidance from the MDPH, download Places of Worship Summary Phase 3
If staff or volunteer has COVID-19 symptoms or tests positive
- Parishes must have a designated isolation area for anyone who exhibits symptoms while on parish premises, to be utilized while the individual is awaiting transport home
- Any staff or volunteer who experiences symptoms, or reports being exposed to a COVID-19 positive person, must complete the Parish COVID-19 Contact Notification and Tracing Form
- Staff or volunteers exposed to anyone who has been diagnosed with COVID-19 must stay at home and self monitor for 14 days (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/if-you-are-sick/quarantine-isolation.html)
- If a staff member or volunteer experiences symptoms or tests positive, their work area and any common areas must be cleaned and disinfected prior to occupancy
- Staff or volunteer should not return to the facility until they have met CDC’s criteria to discontinue home isolation. The CDC criteria can be found here: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/when-its-safe.html
General
- Non-essential travel is prohibited
- No camps, field trips, youth group or service trips
- No sporting events