{"id":"AR-040","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Arkansas","state":"AR","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health","authority":"Ark. Code Ann. 20-7-109 to -110","instrument":"ADH Directive on Elective Surgeries (April 3, 2020)","title":"Directive postponing elective procedures, testing, office visits and routine dental and eye care","dateIssued":"2020-04-03","effective":"2020-04-03","end":"Resumption from Apr. 27, 2020 under conditions (testing to Aug. 1, 2020; two-visitor limit and contact exclusion continued; Ex. AR-059)","startDate":"2020-04-03","endDate":"2020-04-27","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["HC"],"addressees":["hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, clinicians, dentists, optometrists"],"clause":"The following mandatory actions can preserve staff, personal protective equipment (PPE), and patient care supplies... Procedures, testing, and office visits that can be safely postponed shall be rescheduled to an appropriate future date. Routine dental and eye care visits shall be postponed. Emergent, urgent and care designated as an exception below will continue. Small rural hospitals under 60 beds and critical access hospitals, though strongly advised to follow this directive to maximize resources, are excluded from this directive.","enforcement":"Ark. Code Ann. 20-7-101 misdemeanor","functions":["SX surgery and elective procedures","OC outpatient clinics and diagnostics","PR elective visits","DX testing","CH dental chairside care","CB patients"],"notes":"Exceptions for threat to life, permanent dysfunction, metastasis or rapid deterioration.","sourceUrl":"https://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/images/uploads/pdf/Elective_Procedure_Directive_April_3.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200420000000/https://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/images/uploads/pdf/Elective_Procedure_Directive_April_3.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":357829,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AR","url":"/library/AR-040","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AR-040","citation":"Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Directive on Elective Surgeries (April 3, 2020) (Apr. 3, 2020) (Ex. AR-040)","stateName":"Arkansas","related":["AR-059","AR-041","AR-043","AR-038","AR-037","AR-036","AR-035","AR-046","AR-042","AR-045","AR-044","AR-054"]}