OFFICE RESTRICTIONS DUE TO COVID-19

Effective August 2, 2021:  

UPDATED VISITATION POLICY

With the recent surge of COVID positive cases in our community, we are going to have to limit to patients only. NO children. The ONLY exception will be if you have a scheduled ultrasound. For your ultrasound, ONE adult guest may accompany you. EVERYONE MUST WEAR A MASK AT ALL TIMES. EVERYONE WILL BE SCREENED AT CHECK IN. 

In the event you have ANY COVID symptoms, you must call the office to reschedule your appointment.  We cannot risk exposing the providers, staff & other patients. 

If someone in your household has COVID symptoms or is COVID positive, you must contact the office prior to arriving for your appointment. 

In the event, you chose to not be honest on the screening survey and you have COVID symptoms or have been around someone with COVID symptoms or is COVID positive, this could lead to dismissal from our practice. 

We make special appointment accommodations for ill or exposed patients. Our entire staff works hard to keep everyone safe and that also means our patients have to be truthful and make us aware of any illnesses. 

While we don’t like the new restrictions, it is very necessary given the surge in COVID. 

We require that all patients must wear a mask to their appointment and wear it properly during the entire visit or you will be asked to reschedule.

In the last 14 days, if you have any of the following symptoms or have been around anyone with these symptoms, you need to reschedule your appointment: 

· Fever/Chills 

· Body aches/Muscles aches

· Headaches

· Cough 

· Sore Throat

· Nasal Congestion

· Shortness of breath 

· Difficulty breathing

· Cold Symptoms

· Loss of smell 

· Nausea

· Vomiting or diarrhea

In the last 14 days, if you have had close contact* with a lab-confirmed or suspected Coronavirus patient, or if you have been tested for COVID for ANY reason, you will need to reschedule your appointment.

*Close contact = being coughed/sneezed on OR being within 6 feet for prolonged periods (for example, caring for/living with/visiting a COVID-19 patient) 

In the last 14 days, have you traveled outside of Texas?

If YES, was it one of the locations below?

· Any Cruise, Ski Resort

· New York, Louisiana, Tennessee, Connecticut, New Jersey, California, Washington State

· Europe • China

· South Korea • Malaysia 

· Japan • Iran

· United Kingdom

· Ireland

· Most European Countries 

 If you have answered YES to ANY of these questions, please call the office for further instruction. 

We are doing all we can to limit exposure to our providers, staff, other patients and our unborn babies. Thank you!