Screening Guests and Visitors for Coronavirus in Community Associations
March 14th, 2020 | Community Association Law Blog
Eric F. Frizzell, Esq.
Given the apparently highly contagious nature of the Coronavirus, COVID-19, your community association, particularly high-rises and mid-rises, may want to require all prospective guests and visitors to your building to complete a brief questionnaire, such as the one below, and to bar from entering your building any person who answers “Yes” to any of these questions (with the exception of emergency medical personnel, the police, and other governmental authorities whose right to enter your building would take priority, and possibly private healthcare providers). The form should be witnessed by your concierge/front desk personnel. Of course, confer with your association’s attorney before implementing any such policy.
Guest and Visitor Registration Form
For the health and well-being of our residents and employees due to the coronavirus, COVID-19, we are screening all guests and visitors. Please answer each of the questions below, complete the information at the bottom of the form, sign the Certification, return the form to the front desk, and wait to be instructed whether you will be permitted to enter the building. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
1. Have you been diagnosed in the past 14 days with the coronavirus, COVID-19?
Yes ____ No ____
2. Have you had a cough, fever, or shortness of breath at any time in the past 14 days?
Yes ____ No ___
3. Have you been directed to self-quarantine by a health care provider or public health official during the past 14 days?
Yes ____ No ___
4. To your knowledge, have you been in contact during the past 14 days with any person who has been diagnosed with the coronavirus, COVID-19?
Yes ____ No ___
5. To your knowledge, have you been in contact during the past 14 days with any person who has been directed by their health care provider or by public health officials to self-quarantine?
Yes ____ No ___
Your Name: ___________________________________________________________
Name of resident you are visiting: __________________________________________
Unit Number being visited: ________________________________________________
Purpose of Your Visit: ____________________________________________________
Certification: I certify that my answers to the questions above are true and that all other information provided is true. I am aware that if any of my answers to the questions above and/or the other information provided is willfully false, I am subject to punishment.
Signature: __________________________________________
Date: ______________________________________________
Witness: ____________________________________________
Date: ______________________________________________