{"id":"NJ-006","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"New Jersey","state":"NJ","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Philip D. Murphy","authority":"N.J.S.A. App. A:9-33 et seq.; N.J.S.A. 26:13-1 et seq.","instrument":"Executive Order No. 109 (2020)","title":"Suspension of all elective surgeries and invasive procedures, medical and dental; PPE inventory reporting; Division of Consumer Affairs scope-of-practice orders","dateIssued":"2020-03-23","effective":"Suspension effective 5:00 p.m. Friday, March 27, 2020 (para. 1); order effective immediately (para. 13)","end":"Suspension rescinded 5:00 a.m. Tuesday, May 26, 2020 (EO 145 para. 1), subject to Department of Health and Division of Consumer Affairs resumption protocols","startDate":"2020-03-27","endDate":"2020-05-26","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["HC","CLOSE"],"addressees":["hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers","physicians and dentists","every business or non-hospital health care facility holding PPE, ventilators or anesthesia machines","licensees of the Division of Consumer Affairs boards"],"clause":"Para. 1: \u0022Beginning at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 27, 2020, all \u0027elective\u0027 surgeries performed on adults, whether medical or dental, and all \u0027elective\u0027 invasive procedures performed on adults, whether medical or dental, are suspended in the State. An \u0027elective\u0027 surgery or invasive procedure, for purposes of this Order, is defined as any surgery or invasive procedure that can be delayed without undue risk to the current or future health of the patient as determined by the patient\u0027s treating physician or dentist.\u0022 Para. 6: \u0022All elective surgeries or invasive procedures, whether medical or dental, already scheduled for after 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 27, 2020, are to be cancelled or postponed indefinitely.\u0022 Para. 7: \u0022Any business or non-hospital health care facility, including but not limited to dental facilities, construction facilities, research facilities, office-based healthcare or veterinary practices, and institutions of higher learning, in possession of PPE, ventilators, respirators, or anesthesia machines that are not required for the provision of critical health care services should undertake an inventory of such supplies and send that information to the State by no later than 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 27, 2020.\u0022 Para. 8: the Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs \u0022is authorized and empowered... to issue orders restricting or expanding the scope of practice for any category of healthcare professional or veterinarian licensed by a board in the Division of Consumer Affairs, including but not limited to, orders restricting elective surgeries, procedures, and examinations\u0022.","enforcement":"Para. 12: N.J.S.A. App. A:9-49 and -50; para. 3: hospitals and ASCs must adopt written guidelines and furnish them to DOH","functions":["SX/PR surgery and elective procedures suspended","CH/PR dental chairside and aerosol-generating elective procedures suspended","OC/DX outpatient procedures suspended","SC PPE (inventory reporting; reallocation)","CB patients (cancellations)"],"notes":"The dental board\u0027s regulator (Division of Consumer Affairs) was armed by para. 8 to restrict scope of practice; the dental suspension is in the Governor\u0027s own text (\u0022whether medical or dental\u0022). Hospitals, physician practices, dental practices and ASCs lost their elective lines from March 27 to May 26, 2020 by force of law.","sourceUrl":"https://nj.gov/infobank/eo/056murphy/pdf/EO-109.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":94170,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"NJ","url":"/library/NJ-006","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/NJ-006","citation":"Governor Philip D. Murphy, Executive Order No. 109 (2020) (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. NJ-006)","stateName":"New Jersey","related":["AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-003","NJ-007","NJ-008","NJ-004","NJ-005","NJ-003","NJ-002","NJ-009","NJ-010","NJ-012","NJ-011","NJ-013"]}