{"id":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-093","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Michigan - Department of Health and Human Services (State health department)","state":"MI","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS","eco":"","issuer":"Robert Gordon, Director, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services","authority":"MCL 333.2253 (recited)","instrument":"Emergency Order Pursuant to MCL 333.2253 - Instructions to Laboratories, Health Professionals and Hospitals (COVID-19 Testing Prioritization and Reporting)","title":"CLIA-certified laboratories must prioritize COVID-19 sampling and testing as instructed by the Department; health professionals collecting specimens must follow Department instructions; hospitals must report per Department instructions","dateIssued":"2020-03-23","effective":"immediately; \u0027remains in effect until lifted\u0027","end":"lifted with the Director\u0027s later orders (MI file records the June 2021 rescissions)","startDate":"2020-03-23","endDate":"2021-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["HC","EMP","SUPPLY","OTHER"],"addressees":["CLIA-certified laboratories processing COVID-19 tests in Michigan","physicians and health professionals collecting specimens","hospitals"],"clause":"Michigan presently lacks laboratory capacity to quickly process the samples of all persons tested for [COVID-19]... it is necessary to coordinate the state\u0027s laboratory network such that priority tests are run first.... 1. CLIA-certified facilities in the state of Michigan that process tests for COVID-19 must prioritize sampling and testing for COVID-19 in the manner instructed by the Department.... 2. Physicians and other health professionals who collect specimens for testing of COVID-19 must [follow the Department\u0027s instructions]... 3. Hospitals in the state of Michigan must abide by the Department\u0027s instructions on reporting... This order is effective immediately, and remains in effect until lifted.... Effective immediately, all health professionals conducting testing for the Novel Coronavirus must [report as instructed]. Date: March 23, 2020","enforcement":"MCL 333.2261 (violation of a Department order is a misdemeanor)","functions":["DX diagnostics and laboratory (State-directed test prioritization; who could be tested first)","OF reporting","IP hospital reporting","HR employer screening programs dependent on laboratory priority"],"notes":"A laboratory-allocation order: the State directed which specimens Michigan laboratories could run first.","sourceUrl":"https://www.michigan.gov/documents/coronavirus/MDHHS_epidemic_reporting_order_and_instructions_684709_7.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200406/https://www.michigan.gov/documents/coronavirus/MDHHS_epidemic_reporting_order_and_instructions_684709_7.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":278230,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-093","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-093","citation":"Robert Gordon, Director, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Emergency Order Pursuant to MCL 333.2253 - Instructions to Laboratories, Health Professionals and Hospitals (COVID-19 Testing Prioritization and Reporting) (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-093)","stateName":"Michigan","related":[]}