{"id":"SEC-02-042","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Iowa","state":"IA","metro":"","industry":"02","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Kim Reynolds","authority":"Iowa Code 29C.6(1), (6); 135.140(6); 135.144(3)","instrument":"Proclamation of Disaster Emergency (Mar. 26, 2020)","title":"Nonessential medical and dental services; telehealth; mandatory screening of health facility staff; business closures","dateIssued":"2020-03-26","effective":"2020-03-27 17:00 (secs. 1-2); immediately (secs. 3, 6)","end":"2020-04-16 23:59 as issued (extended Apr. 2 to Apr. 30; modified by the Apr. 24 proclamation from Apr. 27)","startDate":"2020-03-27","endDate":"2020-04-16","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["HC","SUPPLY","EMP","CLOSE","GATH"],"addressees":["any hospital, outpatient surgery provider, or outpatient procedure provider, whether public, private, or nonprofit","all dentists","health carriers","hospitals, nursing facilities, residential and assisted living programs"],"clause":"SECTION ONE... effective at 5:00 p.m. on March 27, 2020... A. All nonessential or elective surgeries and procedures that utilize personal protective equipment (PPE) must not be conducted by any hospital, outpatient surgery provider, or outpatient procedure provider, whether public, private, or nonprofit. B. A nonessential surgery or procedure is one that can be delayed without undue risk to the current or future health of a patient... SECTION THREE... I temporarily suspend the regulatory provision of Iowa Code chapters 514C.34 to the extent that it excludes from the definition of telehealth the provision of services through audio-only telephone transmission, and I direct the Insurance Commissioner... to ensure that any health carrier... shall reimburse a health care professional... for medically necessary, clinically appropriate covered services by telehealth... or via audio-only telephone transmission... on the same basis and at the same rate... SECTION SIX... I hereby order all hospitals, nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities, residential care facilities, hospice programs, and assisted living programs to screen all staff at the beginning of their shift","enforcement":"Iowa Code 29C.6; 135.144; 135.38 (simple misdemeanor)","functions":["PR","DX","TM","HR","CL","CB"],"notes":"Reaches every \u0027outpatient procedure provider\u0027.","sourceUrl":"https://governor.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Public%20Health%20Proclamation%20-%202020.03.26.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":4744207,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-02","url":"/library/SEC-02-042","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-02-042","citation":"Governor Kim Reynolds, Proclamation of Disaster Emergency (Mar. 26, 2020) (Ex. SEC-02-042)","stateName":"Iowa","related":["SEC-02-043"]}