{"id":"SEC-02-033","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Kentucky","state":"KY","metro":"","industry":"02","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Cabinet for Health and Family Services (Acting Secretary Eric Friedlander, Governor\u0027s designee) and Department for Public Health (Commissioner Steven J. Stack, M.D.)","authority":"KRS ch. 39A; KRS 194A.025; KRS 214.020; Executive Order 2020-215","instrument":"CHFS/DPH Directive of March 23, 2020 (elective procedures)","title":"Directive that all non-emergent, non-urgent in-person medical, surgical, dental and other healthcare practice or procedures cease","dateIssued":"2020-03-23","effective":"2020-03-18 close of business (midnight Mar. 18)","end":"phased resumption from Apr. 27, 2020","startDate":"2020-03-18","endDate":"2020-04-27","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["HC"],"addressees":["all licensed healthcare professionals and providers"],"clause":"1. ALL non-emergent, non-urgent in-person medical, surgical, dental, and any other healthcare practice or procedure must have immediately ceased effective close of business on March 18, 2020. 2. The Commonwealth of Kentucky relies upon licensed healthcare professionals within the state to exercise their best clinical judgment in the implementation of this restriction... c. Non-Urgent - Any healthcare service that, were it not provided, is unlikely to result in any serious and/or irreparable harm to a patient if not provided for more than 30 days. (For example, chiropractic medicine.)... 5. Under all circumstances where clinically possible, use of telephonic or video communication to provide telemedicine services is strongly urged... All healthcare providers are instructed to follow these recommendations when considering what procedures to cancel. This directive became effective at midnight March 18, 2020","enforcement":"KRS ch. 39A; KRS 214.990","functions":["CL","PR","DX","TM","FD","CB"],"notes":"The broadest office-visit clause in any State: every non-urgent in-person healthcare practice, expressly including chiropractic.","sourceUrl":"https://governor.ky.gov/attachments/20200323_Directive_Elective-Procedures.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":94663,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-02","url":"/library/SEC-02-033","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-02-033","citation":"Cabinet for Health and Family Services (Acting Secretary Eric Friedlander, Governor\u0027s designee) and Department for Public Health (Commissioner Steven J. Stack, M.D.), CHFS/DPH Directive of March 23, 2020 (elective procedures) (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. SEC-02-033)","stateName":"Kentucky","related":[]}