{"id":"NM-007","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"New Mexico","state":"NM","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Secretary of Health Kathyleen M. Kunkel","authority":"Public Health Emergency Response Act, NMSA 1978, Section 12-10A-6(A)(2), (B); Public Health Act Section 24-1-3(C), (Q); NMSA 1978, Section 12-10-4(B)(3); EO 2020-004","instrument":"Public Health Emergency Order Imposing Temporary Restrictions on Non-Essential Health Care Services, Procedures, and Surgeries (Mar. 24, 2020)","title":"Public Health Emergency Order Imposing Temporary Restrictions on Non-Essential Health Care Services, Procedures, and Surgeries; Providing Guidance on those Restrictions; and Requiring a Report from Certain Health Care Providers","dateIssued":"2020-03-24","effective":"2020-03-27 (prohibition); order effective immediately","end":"Modified Apr. 30, 2020 (NM-013): prohibition continued \u0027except under the conditions provided below\u0027 with gradual resumption under DOH guidelines","startDate":"2020-03-27","endDate":"2020-04-30","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["HC","CLOSE"],"addressees":["hospitals and other health care facilities","ambulatory surgical facilities","dental, orthodontic and endodontic offices"],"clause":"1. All hospitals and other health care facilities, ambulatory surgical facilities, dental, orthodontic and endodontic offices in the State of New Mexico are prohibited from providing non-essential health care services, procedures, and surgeries. 2.... \u0027non-essential health care services, procedures, and surgeries\u0027 include those which can be delayed for three (3) months without undue risk to the patient\u0027s health.... 4. The prohibition... will take effect on March 27, 2020. 5. Within three (3) days of the date of this Order, each health care provider or facility... shall submit to the New Mexico Department of Health a policy addressing how it will comply with this Order","enforcement":"Para. 6: \u0027A person who willfully violates this Order may be subject to civil administrative penalties, including fines up to $5,000 per violation, in addition to other civil or criminal penalties that may be available at law.\u0027","functions":["SX surgery and elective procedures","PR dental elective and aerosol procedures","CH chairside hygiene","OC outpatient clinics","CB patients","FD scheduling"],"notes":"Exceptions: emergency and urgent care; treatment without which a serious condition worsens; full suite of family planning services.","sourceUrl":"https://cv.nmhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/3_24_PHO_1.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200407103326/https://cv.nmhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/3_24_PHO_1.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":816866,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"NM","url":"/library/NM-007","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/NM-007","citation":"Secretary of Health Kathyleen M. Kunkel, Public Health Emergency Order Imposing Temporary Restrictions on Non-Essential Health Care Services, Procedures, and Surgeries (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. NM-007)","stateName":"New Mexico","related":["NM-013","NM-008","NM-005","NM-003","NM-010","NM-011","NM-074","NM-012","NM-016","NM-018","NM-021","NM-022"]}