{"id":"AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-027","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"Department of Defense, Military Health System (all military medical and dental treatment facilities)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"DEFENSE-GUARD","eco":"","issuer":"Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs (Thomas McCaffery)","authority":"10 U.S.C. 1073; DoDD 5136.01","instrument":"Memorandum, Elective Surgical, Invasive, and Dental Procedures in Military Treatment Facilities (Mar. 24, 2020)","title":"Elective Surgical, Invasive, and Dental Procedures in Military Treatment Facilities","dateIssued":"2020-03-24","effective":"2020-03-31","end":"60 days (to May 30, 2020); superseded by the May 21, 2020 resumption memorandum (Ex. 045)","startDate":"2020-03-31","endDate":"2020-05-30","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["HC","CLOSE"],"addressees":["MTF and DTF Commanders and Directors","Director, Defense Health Agency","Surgeons General"],"clause":"Facility (DTF) Commanders and Directors to immediately postpone all elective surgeries, invasive procedures, and dental procedures performed on beneficiaries of the MTFs and DTFs with the exceptions outlined below. This includes aerosol-producing procedures, such as endoscopies, bronchoscopies, pulmonary function tests, and sleep continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) titrations. This policy is effective March 31, 2020, and will remain in place for 60 days.","enforcement":"Directive to commanders; exceptions only for deployability and readiness of Service members or where the risk of delay outweighs safety and logistics","functions":["SX surgery and elective procedures","PR dental and aerosol-generating procedures","CB TRICARE network and purchased-care referrals (patients not treated in MTFs)","SC PPE conservation"],"notes":"Reaches dental practices, ambulatory surgery centers, laboratories and device and supply vendors serving 9.6 million TRICARE beneficiaries through the direct-care system; the memorandum recites conservation of \u0027bed space, personal protective equipment, supplies, and medical personnel\u0027.","sourceUrl":"https://health.mil/Reference-Center/Policies/2020/03/24/Elective-Surgical-Invasive-and-Dental-Procedures-in-Military-Treatment-Facilities","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200327193645/https://health.mil/Reference-Center/Policies/2020/03/24/Elective-Surgical-Invasive-and-Dental-Procedures-in-Military-Treatment-Facilities","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":553478,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD","url":"/library/AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-027","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-027","citation":"Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs (Thomas McCaffery), Memorandum, Elective Surgical, Invasive, and Dental Procedures in Military Treatment Facilities (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-027)","stateName":"","related":[]}