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Seventh Amended Public Health Order 20-36 COVID-19 Dial <br />February 12, 2021 <br />2. quickly address outbreaks with tactics like issuing isolation, <br />quarantine and closure orders, and issuing mask <br />requirement orders <br />3. increase mask -wearing in public settings, and <br />4. increase flu vaccine uptake to help ensure that the health <br />care system capacity needed for COVID-19 is not overrun. <br />b. Support for containment and mitigation plan. Counties or regions <br />certifying for Level Green must also submit with the certification form <br />written support from the following local individuals or agencies that <br />indicates their agreement with the plan and their commitment to use their <br />resources and take the necessary and appropriate steps to educate the <br />community regarding the requirements and enforce compliance: <br />i. local elected leaders including county commissioners and mayors, <br />ii. the hospitals that serve the county, <br />iii. law enforcement, <br />iv. emergency management, <br />V. the local public health agency, and <br />vi. if applicable, tribes. <br />C. CDPHE shall review county or region certification forms and the <br />additional required information and, as appropriate, certify a county or <br />region to move levels from Blue to Green. Counties or regions certified <br />for Level Green must maintain compliance with all of the metrics listed in <br />Section II.B.1 above. If a county or region falls out of compliance with <br />one or more of the metrics, it must notify CDPHE and implement the <br />appropriate mitigation strategies in its containment and mitigation plan to <br />address the noncompliance. Counties and regions shall have a three week <br />period of time to come back into compliance with the metrics, and if <br />compliance is not obtained, the county or region shall then work with <br />CDPHE on any additional steps necessary to come back into compliance. <br />CDPHE will ultimately determine whether the county may remain in <br />Level Green or must move to a different level. CDPHE reserves the right <br />to move counties sooner in the Dial as CDPHE determines is necessary. <br />B. LEVEL GREEN: PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORS. <br />1. Counties or regions certifying for Level Green must meet all of the following <br />requirements: <br />a. Hospital bed capacity: Hospitals in, or that serve, the county or region, as <br />defined by the local public health agency (LPHA), have sufficient bed <br />capacity to manage a 20 percent surge in hospital admissions or patient <br />20 <br />