{"id":"SEC-01-107","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Nebraska","state":"NE","metro":"","industry":"01","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (Chief Medical Officer/Director of Public Health Gary Anthone)","authority":"Neb. Rev. Stat. 71-502, 81-601; 173 Neb. Admin. Code ch. 6","instrument":"Directed Health Measure Order 2020-011 (consolidated: Cass, Douglas and Sarpy Counties, with statewide sections II and III)","title":"Directed Health Measure Order 2020-011","dateIssued":"2020-04-03","effective":"Effective immediately; county sections to May 3 and May 11, 2020; statewide sections to May 3 and May 31, 2020 unless renewed","end":"2020-05-04 (elective surgeries permitted on capacity and PPE conditions; ACS)","startDate":"2020-05-11","endDate":"","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["HC","GATH","QUAR"],"addressees":["all health care providers and facilities; the public (gatherings, quarantine)"],"clause":"2. Elective medical and dental surgeries and elective medical and dental procedures are hereby prohibited. For the purposes of this Order, this means a surgery or procedure that is scheduled in advance because it does not involve a medical or dental emergency. Surgeries or procedures that must be done to preserve the patient\u0027s life or physical health, but do not need to be performed immediately, are allowed by a case-by-case determination of the medical or dental provider.","enforcement":"Neb. Rev. Stat. 71-502 (Class III misdemeanor); DHHS enforcement","functions":["SX","OC","WF home quarantine rules","CB"],"notes":"The statewide DHM series (DHM 2020-009 et seq., Apr. 3-10, 2020) carried the identical clause (ACS). Nebraska paused elective surgeries again by DHM of Nov. 16, 2020 (SEC-01-138, secondary).","sourceUrl":"http://dhhs.ne.gov/Documents/COVID-19-DHM-STATEWIDE.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":3713160,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-01","url":"/library/SEC-01-107","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-01-107","citation":"Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (Chief Medical Officer/Director of Public Health Gary Anthone), Directed Health Measure Order 2020-011 (consolidated: Cass, Douglas and Sarpy Counties, with statewide sections II and III) (Apr. 3, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-107)","stateName":"Nebraska","related":["SEC-01-138"]}