Santa Clara County Public Health Officer Issues Enhanced Testing Order to Increase Access to COVID-19 Testing

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

September 16, 2020

Elected Officials from Across Santa Clara County Call Upon Large Healthcare Providers to Increase COVID-19 Testing; More Testing is Necessary to Protect the Public
 

Santa Clara County, CA – Today, County Public Health Officer Dr. Sara Cody issued revisions to the County’s June 10, 2020 Healthcare Provider Testing Order, tightening requirements on large healthcare providers to ensure testing is more easily available and without delays to all residents of Santa Clara County. Elected officials from across Santa Clara County, including 10 partner city mayors, are calling upon large healthcare providers to comply with the revised testing order. The Order is a legal requirement for large healthcare providers such as Kaiser Permanente, HCA Healthcare, Sutter Palo Alto Medical Foundation, and other private hospitals in Santa Clara County, which are subject to fines for noncompliance.