{"id":"FL-009","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Florida","state":"FL","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Ron DeSantis","authority":"s. 252.36(7), Fla. Stat.","instrument":"Executive Order 20-72","title":"Emergency Management - COVID-19 - Non-essential Elective Medical Procedures","dateIssued":"2020-03-20","effective":"2020-03-20","end":"Superseded by EO 20-112 s. 5 effective 12:01 a.m. May 4, 2020 (procedures could resume only on the conditions stated there)","startDate":"2020-03-20","endDate":"2020-05-04","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["HC","CLOSE"],"addressees":["hospitals","ambulatory surgical centers","office surgery centers","dental, orthodontic and endodontic offices","other health care practitioners\u0027 offices","all licensed health care practitioners including dentists"],"clause":"Section 1.A. All hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, office surgery centers, dental, orthodontic and endodontic offices, and other health care practitioners\u0027 offices in the State of Florida are prohibited from providing any medically unnecessary, non-urgent or non-emergency procedure or surgery which, if delayed, does not place a patient\u0027s immediate health, safety, or well-being at risk, or will, if delayed, not contribute to the worsening of a serious or life-threatening medical condition. Accordingly, all health care practitioners licensed in the State of Florida, including dentists, shall immediately cease performing these elective services.... C.... permissible procedures include... dental care related to the relief of pain and management of infection. Section 2. The Agency for Health Care Administration and the Department of Health shall utilize their authority under Florida law to further implement and enforce the provisions of this Executive Order","enforcement":"AHCA and DOH licensure enforcement; s. 252.50","functions":["SX surgery and elective procedures stopped","PR elective and aerosol-generating dental procedures stopped","CH chairside hygiene stopped","OC outpatient diagnostics and elective visits","CB patients","LB dental laboratories (no elective work)"],"notes":"Florida\u0027s elective-procedure ban ran Mar. 20-May 3, 2020 and named dental practices by name.","sourceUrl":"https://www.flgov.com/wp-content/uploads/orders/2020/EO_20-72.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":1371847,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"FL","url":"/library/FL-009","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/FL-009","citation":"Governor Ron DeSantis, Executive Order 20-72 (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. FL-009)","stateName":"Florida","related":["FL-006","FL-007","FL-008","FL-005","FL-011","FL-012","FL-013","FL-015","FL-016","FL-017","FL-001","FL-019"]}