{"id":"SEC-02-053","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Arkansas","state":"AR","metro":"","industry":"02","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Arkansas Department of Health (Secretary of Health Nathaniel Smith, M.D.)","authority":"Ark. Code Ann. 20-7-109, 20-7-110; EO 20-03","instrument":"ADH Directive on Elective Surgeries","title":"Directive postponing elective procedures, testing and office visits","dateIssued":"2020-03-30","effective":"2020-04-03","end":"","startDate":"2020-04-03","endDate":"2020-04-24","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["HC","SUPPLY"],"addressees":["hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, physicians\u0027 offices, dental and eye care providers (small rural and critical access hospitals excluded)"],"clause":"The following mandatory actions can preserve staff, personal protective equipment (PPE), and patient care supplies... Procedures, testing, and office visits that can be safely postponed shall be rescheduled to an appropriate future date. Routine dental and eye care visits shall be postponed. Emergent, urgent and care designated as an exception below will continue (ACS quotation)","enforcement":"Ark. Code Ann. 20-7-101 (misdemeanor)","functions":["PR","CL","DX","FD","CB"],"notes":"Expressly reaches \u0027office visits\u0027 and \u0027testing\u0027.","sourceUrl":"https://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/images/uploads/pdf/Elective_Procedure_Directive_April_3.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200407223536/https://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/images/uploads/pdf/Elective_Procedure_Directive_April_3.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":357829,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-02","url":"/library/SEC-02-053","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-02-053","citation":"Arkansas Department of Health (Secretary of Health Nathaniel Smith, M.D.), ADH Directive on Elective Surgeries (Mar. 30, 2020) (Ex. SEC-02-053)","stateName":"Arkansas","related":[]}