{"id":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-009","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Florida Department of Health, Office of the State Surgeon General (Bureau of Emergency Medical Oversight); 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 20-010","title":"In re: Suspension of Statutes, Rules and Orders, Made Necessary by COVID-19 (EMS providers may operate in any county without a certificate of public convenience and necessity; EMS license renewals extended; EMS training by remote videoconference)","dateIssued":"2020-05-31","effective":"2020-05-31","end":"Expiration of Executive Order 20-52 (June 26, 2021); renewal deadline extended to Aug. 31, 2020","startDate":"2020-05-31","endDate":"2021-06-26","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["HC","OTHER"],"addressees":["licensed basic life support, advanced life support and air ambulance providers","EMS training programs"],"clause":"For purposes of preparing for, responding to, mitigating, and recovering from any effect of COVID-19, the provisions of section 401.25(2)(d), Florida Statutes, and the rules adopted thereunder are suspended to the extent these provisions limit licensed basic life support service providers, licensed advanced life support service providers, and licensed air ambulance service providers in emergency and nonemergency services and transportation in permitted vehicles and aircraft. These vehicles and aircraft therefore may provide service and transportation in any county without obtaining a certificate of public convenience and necessity. This suspension operates until the expiration of Executive Order No. 20-52, unless extended.","enforcement":"Fla. Stat. § 401.411 (EMS discipline); § 252.50","functions":["TR transport (county service-area limits suspended for ambulance operators)","HR credentialing (renewals; training by videoconference)","CB patients and facilities"],"notes":"Reaches private ambulance companies and hospital-based EMS (Industries 01 and 04)","sourceUrl":"http://flhealthsource.gov/pdf/DOH-EO-20-010.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":570628,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-009","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-009","citation":"Scott A. Rivkees, M.D., State Surgeon General, DOH Emergency Order 20-010 (May 31, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-009)","stateName":"Florida","related":["AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-008","AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-007","AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-006","AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-010","AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-005","AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-004","AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-003","AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-002","AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-011"]}