{"id":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-002","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Florida Department of Health, Office of the State Surgeon General (umbrella licensing authority for the health-profession boards); State level","state":"FL","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-HEALTH-BOARDS","eco":"","issuer":"Scott A. Rivkees, M.D., State Surgeon General","authority":"Executive Order 20-52 § 4.B; Fla. Stat. § 252.36(5)(a)","instrument":"DOH Emergency Order 20-003","title":"In re: Suspension of Statutes, Rules and Orders, Made Necessary by COVID-19 (licensure renewal deadlines Mar. 21-Apr. 30, 2020 extended to May 31, 2020; board hearings by teleconference; nursing education by remote videoconference and simulation; out-of-state telehealth extended to clinical social workers, marriage and family therapists, mental health counselors and psychologists; EMTs and paramedics in hospitals)","dateIssued":"2020-03-21","effective":"2020-03-21","end":"Extended by DOH EO 20-005 (Apr. 21, 2020) until the expiration of Executive Order 20-52 (June 26, 2021)","startDate":"2020-03-21","endDate":"2021-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["HC","OTHER","CRT"],"addressees":["all professional licensees of the Department and its boards","state licensing boards","prelicensure nursing and nursing-assistant programs","out-of-state behavioral-health professionals","EMTs and paramedics"],"clause":"For purposes of preparing for, responding to, and mitigating any effect of COVID-19, any upcoming licensure renewal deadlines between March 21 and April 30, 2020, for any professional license issued by the Department or a Department board or council are extended until May 31, 2020. Any statute and/or rule to the contrary is hereby suspended until May 31, 2020, unless extended by order of the State Surgeon General.... the state licensing boards may conduct licensure approval and denial hearings, and disciplinary hearings involving standard of care, sexual misconduct, fraud, impairment, or felony convictions through teleconferencing or other technological means.... In addition to the allowed professions under Department of Health Emergency Order 20-002, this exemption shall apply to the following out of state health care professionals...: clinical social workers, marriage and family therapists, mental health counselors, and psychologists.","enforcement":"Fla. Stat. § 456.072(1)(q); § 252.50","functions":["HR credentialing and renewal (deadlines extended; board hearings moved to teleconference)","TM telehealth (behavioral-health professionals licensed in other States)","WF workforce (nursing-education clinical hours by simulation)","CRT public offices (board hearings converted to remote)","CB patients"],"notes":"Reaches every profession the Department licenses (medicine, nursing, pharmacy, optometry, chiropractic, PT, OT, psychology, clinical social work, MFT, mental-health counseling, massage therapy)","sourceUrl":"http://www.flhealthsource.gov/pdf/DOH-EO-20-003.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":225024,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-002","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-002","citation":"Scott A. Rivkees, M.D., State Surgeon General, DOH Emergency Order 20-003 (Mar. 21, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-002)","stateName":"Florida","related":["AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-003","AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-004","AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-005","AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-006","AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-007","AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-008","AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-009"]}