{"id":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-044","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Texas Medical Board; State level","state":"TX","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-HEALTH-BOARDS","eco":"","issuer":"Texas Medical Board, Executive Committee","authority":"Tex. Occ. Code § 153.001; Tex. Gov\u0027t Code § 2001.034; Executive Order GA-09","instrument":"Emergency rules adopted Mar. 24, 2020 to enforce Executive Order GA-09 (postponement of surgeries and procedures not immediately medically necessary), 22 TAC § 190.8 (Violation Guidelines)","title":"TMB Passes Emergency Rules to Enforce Gov. Abbott\u0027s Executive Order GA-09 (Mar. 24, 2020)","dateIssued":"2020-03-24","effective":"2020-03-24","end":"Withdrawn effective Apr. 21, 2020 at 11:59 p.m., when the GA-15 emergency rule took effect (stated in Ex. 045)","startDate":"2020-03-24","endDate":"2020-04-21","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["HC","CLOSE"],"addressees":["all Texas-licensed physicians and physician assistants","licensed health care facilities (through their physicians)"],"clause":"The Board\u0027s page (Ex. 050) lists \u0027TMB Passes Emergency Rules to Enforce Gov. Abbott\u0027s Executive Order GA-09 (3/24/20)\u0027; the Apr. 21, 2020 release (Ex. 045) states: \u0027The Executive Committee also withdrew emergency rules related to Executive Order GA-09 effective today at 11:59 p.m.\u0027","enforcement":"Violation of GA-09 made \u0027unprofessional and dishonorable conduct\u0027 under 22 TAC § 190.8, exposing the physician to license discipline under Tex. Occ. Code § 164.052","functions":["PR procedures and elective visits (all surgeries and procedures not immediately medically necessary postponed Mar. 22-Apr. 21, 2020, enforced through the medical license)","SX surgery","CL clinical intake","CB patients"],"notes":"The Board\u0027s enforcement mechanism for the Governor\u0027s elective-procedure order; the release itself was not captured by the Wayback Machine as a PDF","sourceUrl":"http://www.tmb.state.tx.us/dl/27277A3D-2F5E-1395-E868-98D48D432C1A","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200325203605/http://www.tmb.state.tx.us/dl/27277A3D-2F5E-1395-E868-98D48D432C1A","fileExists":false,"fileBytes":0,"grade":"secondary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-044","exhibitUrl":null,"citation":"Texas Medical Board, Executive Committee, Emergency rules adopted Mar. 24, 2020 to enforce Executive Order GA-09 (postponement of surgeries and procedures not immediately medically necessary), 22 TAC § 190.8 (Violation Guidelines) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-044)","stateName":"Texas","related":["AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-045","AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-046"]}